#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
RGBrgb(54, 182, 187)
HSLhsl(182, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(182, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.89, -32.05, -12.56)
CIE-LCHlch(67.89, 34.42, 201.40°)
OKLaboklab(71.11% -0.1019 -0.0349)
OKLCHoklch(71.11% 0.108 198.9)
XYZxyz(27.2149, 37.8248, 52.8707)
Luminance0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B6BB1.002.458.578.57
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5721.001.001.00
##0000008.5721.001.001.00

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

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#36B6BB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva