#36B0C5#36B0C5

#36B0C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.108 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0C5
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 197)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -26.07, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 33.05, 217.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0917 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.108 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1204, 35.8630, 58.3054)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0C5 #C54B36

analogous

#36C593 #36B0C5 #3669C5

triadic

#36B0C5 #C536B0 #B0C536

tetradic

#36B0C5 #9336C5 #C54B36 #69C536

square

#36B0C5 #9336C5 #C54B36 #69C536

split-complementary

#36B0C5 #C53669 #C59336

monochromatic

#1C5A65 #298595 #36B0C5 #64C4D4 #94D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36B0C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#36B0C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0C5

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0C5	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAAC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.108 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d6',
    500: '#36b0c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0c5;
$custom-light: #82c8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.811,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70026,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0C5

secondary

#CD948A

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0C5

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

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