#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
RGBrgb(54, 184, 189)
HSLhsl(182, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(182, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.56, -32.41, -12.66)
CIE-LCHlch(68.56, 34.80, 201.33°)
OKLaboklab(71.67% -0.103 -0.0351)
OKLCHoklch(71.67% 0.109 198.8)
XYZxyz(27.8430, 38.7361, 54.1436)
Luminance0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B8BD1.002.408.758.75
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7521.001.001.00
##0000008.7521.001.001.00

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

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#36B8BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva