#36B0C8#36B0C8

#36B0C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.109 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0C8
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -25.13, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 33.27, 220.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0905 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.109 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4675, 36.0018, 60.1338)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0C8 #C84E36

analogous

#36C897 #36B0C8 #3667C8

triadic

#36B0C8 #C836B0 #B0C836

tetradic

#36B0C8 #9736C8 #C84E36 #67C836

square

#36B0C8 #9736C8 #C84E36 #67C836

split-complementary

#36B0C8 #C83667 #C89736

monochromatic

#1C5B68 #298698 #36B0C8 #66C3D6 #96D6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#36B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#36B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0C8

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0C8	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.109 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d8',
    500: '#36b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0c8;
$custom-light: #82c8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.863,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70147,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0C8

secondary

#CE978C

accent

#6047E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0C8

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

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