#36B9BC#36B9BC

#36B9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9BC
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -33.18, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 35.18, 199.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.1045 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.109 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9433, 39.1097, 53.6434)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9BC #BC3936

analogous

#36BC7C #36B9BC #3676BC

triadic

#36B9BC #BC36B9 #B9BC36

tetradic

#36B9BC #7C36BC #BC3936 #76BC36

square

#36B9BC #7C36BC #BC3936 #76BC36

split-complementary

#36B9BC #BC3676 #BC7C36

monochromatic

#1B5B5D #288A8C #36B9BC #5ECED1 #8EDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#36B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9BC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9BC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced0',
    500: '#36b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9bc;
$custom-light: #82ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7188,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9BC

secondary

#C98685

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9BC

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

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