#36B1C3#36B1C3

#36B1C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.107 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1C3
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 195)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -27.19, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 33.09, 214.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0935 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.107 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0895, 36.1655, 57.1721)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1C3 #C34836

analogous

#36C38F #36B1C3 #366AC3

triadic

#36B1C3 #C336B1 #B1C336

tetradic

#36B1C3 #8F36C3 #C34836 #6AC336

square

#36B1C3 #8F36C3 #C34836 #6AC336

split-complementary

#36B1C3 #C3366A #C38F36

monochromatic

#1B5A63 #298593 #36B1C3 #63C5D4 #92D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B1C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#36B1C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1C3

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1C3	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AAC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.107 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d5',
    500: '#36b1c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1c3;
$custom-light: #81c8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70189,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1C3

secondary

#CC9189

accent

#5B48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1C3

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

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