#36B7BB#36B7BB

#36B7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.108 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7BB
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -32.52, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 34.70, 200.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.1029 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.108 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4204, 38.2359, 52.9392)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7BB #BB3A36

analogous

#36BB7D #36B7BB #3674BB

triadic

#36B7BB #BB36B7 #B7BB36

tetradic

#36B7BB #7D36BB #BB3A36 #74BB36

square

#36B7BB #7D36BB #BB3A36 #74BB36

split-complementary

#36B7BB #BB3674 #BB7D36

monochromatic

#1B5A5C #28898C #36B7BB #5ECDD0 #8DDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#36B7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7BB

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7BB	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.108 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdcf',
    500: '#36b7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7bb;
$custom-light: #81cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.805,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71354,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7BB

secondary

#C98684

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7BB

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

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