#36B5BD#36B5BD

#36B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5BD
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -30.97, -14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 34.00, 204.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.1 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.107 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2264, 37.5029, 53.9381)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5BD #BD3E36

analogous

#36BD82 #36B5BD #3671BD

triadic

#36B5BD #BD36B5 #B5BD36

tetradic

#36B5BD #8236BD #BD3E36 #71BD36

square

#36B5BD #8236BD #BD3E36 #71BD36

split-complementary

#36B5BD #BD3671 #BD8236

monochromatic

#1B5A5E #28878D #36B5BD #5FCAD1 #8FDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#36B5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5BD

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5BD	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd0',
    500: '#36b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5bd;
$custom-light: #81cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70936,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5BD

secondary

#C98985

accent

#5249DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5BD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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