#36B8BD#36B8BD

#36B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8BD
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -32.41, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 34.80, 201.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.103 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.109 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8430, 38.7361, 54.1436)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8BD #BD3B36

analogous

#36BD7E #36B8BD #3675BD

triadic

#36B8BD #BD36B8 #B8BD36

tetradic

#36B8BD #7E36BD #BD3B36 #75BD36

square

#36B8BD #7E36BD #BD3B36 #75BD36

split-complementary

#36B8BD #BD3675 #BD7E36

monochromatic

#1B5B5E #288A8D #36B8BD #5FCDD1 #8FDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#36B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8BD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8BD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced0',
    500: '#36b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8bd;
$custom-light: #82ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71671,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8BD

secondary

#C98885

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8BD

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

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