#36B7BC#36B7BC

#36B7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.108 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7BC
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -32.23, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 34.61, 201.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1025 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.108 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5278, 38.2788, 53.5049)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7BC #BC3B36

analogous

#36BC7E #36B7BC #3674BC

triadic

#36B7BC #BC36B7 #B7BC36

tetradic

#36B7BC #7E36BC #BC3B36 #74BC36

square

#36B7BC #7E36BC #BC3B36 #74BC36

split-complementary

#36B7BC #BC3674 #BC7E36

monochromatic

#1B5A5D #28898C #36B7BC #5ECDD1 #8EDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#36B7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7BC

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7BC	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.108 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdd0',
    500: '#36b7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7bc;
$custom-light: #81cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.239,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7139,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7BC

secondary

#C98785

accent

#4F49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7BC

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

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