#36B6BB#36B6BB

#36B6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.108 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6BB
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -32.05, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 34.42, 201.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.1019 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.108 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2149, 37.8248, 52.8707)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6BB #BB3B36

analogous

#36BB7E #36B6BB #3673BB

triadic

#36B6BB #BB36B6 #B6BB36

tetradic

#36B6BB #7E36BB #BB3B36 #73BB36

square

#36B6BB #7E36BB #BB3B36 #73BB36

split-complementary

#36B6BB #BB3673 #BB7E36

monochromatic

#1B5A5C #28888C #36B6BB #5ECCD0 #8DDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#36B6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6BB

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6BB	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.108 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cccf',
    500: '#36b6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6bb;
$custom-light: #81cccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.256,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71108,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6BB

secondary

#C98784

accent

#4F49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6BB

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

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