#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
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -31.93, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 34.52, 202.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.102 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.108 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6360, 38.3221, 54.0746)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36B7BD	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#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

Preview with #36B7BD

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

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