#36B9BD#36B9BD

#36B9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9BD
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -32.89, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 35.08, 200.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.104 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.109 198)
XYZ	xyz(28.0515, 39.1530, 54.2131)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9BD #BD3A36

analogous

#36BD7E #36B9BD #3675BD

triadic

#36B9BD #BD36B9 #B9BD36

tetradic

#36B9BD #7E36BD #BD3A36 #75BD36

square

#36B9BD #7E36BD #BD3A36 #75BD36

split-complementary

#36B9BD #BD3675 #BD7E36

monochromatic

#1B5C5E #288A8D #36B9BD #5FCED1 #8FDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36B9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#36B9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9BD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9BD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced0',
    500: '#36b9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9bd;
$custom-light: #82ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71916,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.39156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9BD

secondary

#C98785

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9BD

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

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