#36B9BE#36B9BE

#36B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9BE
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -32.59, -12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 34.98, 201.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.1036 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.109 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1604, 39.1966, 54.7868)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9BE #BE3B36

analogous

#36BE7F #36B9BE #3675BE

triadic

#36B9BE #BE36B9 #B9BE36

tetradic

#36B9BE #7F36BE #BE3B36 #75BE36

square

#36B9BE #7F36BE #BE3B36 #75BE36

split-complementary

#36B9BE #BE3675 #BE7F36

monochromatic

#1B5C5F #288B8E #36B9BE #60CDD2 #8FDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#36B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9BE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9BE	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced1',
    500: '#36b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9be;
$custom-light: #82ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.206,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71952,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9BE

secondary

#CA8886

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9BE

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

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