#36B8BB#36B8BB

#36B8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8BB
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -33.00, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 35.00, 199.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1039 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.109 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6274, 38.6498, 53.0082)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8BB #BB3936

analogous

#36BB7B #36B8BB #3676BB

triadic

#36B8BB #BB36B8 #B8BB36

tetradic

#36B8BB #7B36BB #BB3936 #76BB36

square

#36B8BB #7B36BB #BB3936 #76BB36

split-complementary

#36B8BB #BB3676 #BB7B36

monochromatic

#1B5B5C #28898C #36B8BB #5ECED0 #8DDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36B8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#36B8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8BB

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8BB	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecf',
    500: '#36b8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8bb;
$custom-light: #81cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.353,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71599,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8BB

secondary

#C98684

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8BB

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

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