#36B6BF#36B6BF

#36B6BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6BF
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -30.86, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 34.12, 205.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1002 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.108 202)
XYZ	xyz(27.6491, 37.9985, 55.1574)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6BF #BF3F36

analogous

#36BF84 #36B6BF #3671BF

triadic

#36B6BF #BF36B6 #B6BF36

tetradic

#36B6BF #8436BF #BF3F36 #71BF36

square

#36B6BF #8436BF #BF3F36 #71BF36

split-complementary

#36B6BF #BF3671 #BF8436

monochromatic

#1B5B60 #29898F #36B6BF #60CBD2 #90DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#36B6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6BF

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6BF	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccd2',
    500: '#36b6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6bf;
$custom-light: #82ccd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.942,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71255,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.38002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6BF

secondary

#CA8B87

accent

#5249DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6BF

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

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