#36B9BB#36B9BB

#36B9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9BB
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -33.47, -11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 35.30, 198.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.1049 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.109 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8359, 39.0668, 53.0777)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9BB #BB3836

analogous

#36BB7A #36B9BB #3677BB

triadic

#36B9BB #BB36B9 #B9BB36

tetradic

#36B9BB #7A36BB #BB3836 #77BB36

square

#36B9BB #7A36BB #BB3836 #77BB36

split-complementary

#36B9BB #BB3677 #BB7A36

monochromatic

#1B5B5C #288A8C #36B9BB #5ECFD0 #8DDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36B9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#36B9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9BB

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9BB	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cecf',
    500: '#36b9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9bb;
$custom-light: #82cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.902,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71844,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9BB

secondary

#C98584

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9BB

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

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