#36B7BE#36B7BE

#36B7BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7BE
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -31.64, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 34.44, 203.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.1016 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.108 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7449, 38.3657, 54.6483)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7BE #BE3D36

analogous

#36BE81 #36B7BE #3673BE

triadic

#36B7BE #BE36B7 #B7BE36

tetradic

#36B7BE #8136BE #BE3D36 #73BE36

square

#36B7BE #8136BE #BE3D36 #73BE36

split-complementary

#36B7BE #BE3673 #BE8136

monochromatic

#1B5B5F #28898E #36B7BE #60CCD2 #8FDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36B7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#36B7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7BE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7BE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd1',
    500: '#36b7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7be;
$custom-light: #82cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.088,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7BE

secondary

#CA8986

accent

#5049DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7BE

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

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