#36B9BF#36B9BF

#36B9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9BF
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -32.30, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 34.89, 202.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.1032 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.11 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2700, 39.2404, 55.3643)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9BF #BF3C36

analogous

#36BF80 #36B9BF #3674BF

triadic

#36B9BF #BF36B9 #B9BF36

tetradic

#36B9BF #8036BF #BF3C36 #74BF36

square

#36B9BF #8036BF #BF3C36 #74BF36

split-complementary

#36B9BF #BF3674 #BF8036

monochromatic

#1B5D60 #298B8F #36B9BF #60CDD2 #90DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36B9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#36B9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9BF

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9BF	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced2',
    500: '#36b9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9bf;
$custom-light: #82ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.628,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71988,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9BF

secondary

#CA8987

accent

#4F49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9BF

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

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