#36B5BE#36B5BE

#36B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5BE
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -30.67, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 33.94, 205.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0996 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.107 202)
XYZ	xyz(27.3353, 37.5465, 54.5117)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5BE #BE3F36

analogous

#36BE83 #36B5BE #3671BE

triadic

#36B5BE #BE36B5 #B5BE36

tetradic

#36B5BE #8336BE #BE3F36 #71BE36

square

#36B5BE #8336BE #BE3F36 #71BE36

split-complementary

#36B5BE #BE3671 #BE8336

monochromatic

#1B5A5F #28888E #36B5BE #60CAD2 #8FDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#36B5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5BE

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5BE	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd1',
    500: '#36b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5be;
$custom-light: #81cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.971,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70973,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.3755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5BE

secondary

#CA8A86

accent

#5349DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5BE

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

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