#36B8BF#36B8BF

#36B8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8BF
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -31.82, -13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 34.63, 203.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.1022 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.109 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0616, 38.8235, 55.2949)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8BF #BF3D36

analogous

#36BF82 #36B8BF #3673BF

triadic

#36B8BF #BF36B8 #B8BF36

tetradic

#36B8BF #8236BF #BF3D36 #73BF36

square

#36B8BF #8236BF #BF3D36 #73BF36

split-complementary

#36B8BF #BF3673 #BF8236

monochromatic

#1B5C60 #298A8F #36B8BF #60CCD2 #90DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36B8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#36B8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8BF

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8BF	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd2',
    500: '#36b8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8bf;
$custom-light: #82cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.066,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71743,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8BF

secondary

#CA8A87

accent

#5049DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8BF

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

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