#36B7BD#36B7BD

#36B7BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.108 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B7BD
RGBrgb(54, 183, 189)
HSLhsl(183, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(183, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.26, -31.93, -13.11)
CIE-LCHlch(68.26, 34.52, 202.32°)
OKLaboklab(71.43% -0.102 -0.0364)
OKLCHoklch(71.43% 0.108 199.6)
XYZxyz(27.6360, 38.3221, 54.0746)
Luminance0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B7BD #BD3C36
analogous
#36BD80 #36B7BD #3673BD
triadic
#36B7BD #BD36B7 #B7BD36
tetradic
#36B7BD #8036BD #BD3C36 #73BD36
square
#36B7BD #8036BD #BD3C36 #73BD36
split-complementary
#36B7BD #BD3673 #BD8036
monochromatic
#1B5B5E #28898D #36B7BD #5FCCD1 #8FDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#36B7BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66
#36B7BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7BD
8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B7BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B7BD1.002.428.668.66
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6621.001.001.00
##0000008.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAAFBE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96A0BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.108 199.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd0',
    500: '#36b7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b7bd;
$custom-light: #82cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71426,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B7BD
secondary
#C98885
accent
#5049DF
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#36B7BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva