#36B6BE#36B6BE

#36B6BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6BE
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -31.16, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 34.18, 204.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.1006 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5394, 37.9546, 54.5798)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6BE #BE3E36

analogous

#36BE82 #36B6BE #3672BE

triadic

#36B6BE #BE36B6 #B6BE36

tetradic

#36B6BE #8236BE #BE3E36 #72BE36

square

#36B6BE #8236BE #BE3E36 #72BE36

split-complementary

#36B6BE #BE3672 #BE8236

monochromatic

#1B5B5F #28888E #36B6BE #60CBD2 #8FDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#36B6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6BE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6BE	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccd1',
    500: '#36b6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6be;
$custom-light: #81ccd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71218,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6BE

secondary

#CA8A86

accent

#5249DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6BE

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

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