#36B5BF#36B5BF

#36B5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5BF
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -30.37, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 33.89, 206.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0992 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.108 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4450, 37.5904, 55.0893)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5BF #BF4036

analogous

#36BF85 #36B5BF #3670BF

triadic

#36B5BF #BF36B5 #B5BF36

tetradic

#36B5BF #8536BF #BF4036 #70BF36

square

#36B5BF #8536BF #BF4036 #70BF36

split-complementary

#36B5BF #BF3670 #BF8536

monochromatic

#1B5B60 #29888F #36B5BF #60CAD2 #90DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#36B5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5BF

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5BF	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd2',
    500: '#36b5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5bf;
$custom-light: #81cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.38,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7101,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5BF

secondary

#CA8B87

accent

#5449DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5BF

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

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