#36B0C6#36B0C6

#36B0C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.108 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0C6
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 198)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -25.75, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 33.11, 218.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0913 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.108 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2353, 35.9089, 58.9109)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0C6 #C64C36

analogous

#36C694 #36B0C6 #3668C6

triadic

#36B0C6 #C636B0 #B0C636

tetradic

#36B0C6 #9436C6 #C64C36 #68C636

square

#36B0C6 #9436C6 #C64C36 #68C636

split-complementary

#36B0C6 #C63668 #C69436

monochromatic

#1C5B66 #298596 #36B0C6 #64C4D5 #94D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36B0C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#36B0C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0C6

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0C6	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAAC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.108 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d7',
    500: '#36b0c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0c6;
$custom-light: #82c8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.167,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70066,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0C6

secondary

#CD958B

accent

#5F47E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0C6

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

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