#36B6BC#36B6BC

#36B6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.108 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6BC
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -31.75, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 34.33, 202.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.1015 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.108 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3223, 37.8678, 53.4364)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6BC #BC3C36

analogous

#36BC7F #36B6BC #3673BC

triadic

#36B6BC #BC36B6 #B6BC36

tetradic

#36B6BC #7F36BC #BC3C36 #73BC36

square

#36B6BC #7F36BC #BC3C36 #73BC36

split-complementary

#36B6BC #BC3673 #BC7F36

monochromatic

#1B5A5D #28888C #36B6BC #5ECCD1 #8EDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#36B6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6BC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6BC	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)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.108 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccd0',
    500: '#36b6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6bc;
$custom-light: #81ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.687,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71144,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6BC

secondary

#C98885

accent

#5049DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6BC

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

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