#36B8BC#36B8BC

#36B8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8BC
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -32.71, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 34.89, 200.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.1035 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.109 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7348, 38.6928, 53.5739)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8BC #BC3A36

analogous

#36BC7D #36B8BC #3675BC

triadic

#36B8BC #BC36B8 #B8BC36

tetradic

#36B8BC #7D36BC #BC3A36 #75BC36

square

#36B8BC #7D36BC #BC3A36 #75BC36

split-complementary

#36B8BC #BC3675 #BC7D36

monochromatic

#1B5B5D #28898C #36B8BC #5ECDD1 #8EDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#36B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8BC

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8BC	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced0',
    500: '#36b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8bc;
$custom-light: #82ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.791,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71635,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8BC

secondary

#C98785

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8BC

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

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