#36B1C4#36B1C4

#36B1C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1C4
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 196)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 9.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -26.88, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 33.12, 215.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0931 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.108 210)
XYZ	xyz(27.2030, 36.2109, 57.7696)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1C4 #C44936

analogous

#36C490 #36B1C4 #366AC4

triadic

#36B1C4 #C436B1 #B1C436

tetradic

#36B1C4 #9036C4 #C44936 #6AC436

square

#36B1C4 #9036C4 #C44936 #6AC436

split-complementary

#36B1C4 #C4366A #C49036

monochromatic

#1C5A64 #298694 #36B1C4 #63C5D4 #93D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B1C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#36B1C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1C4

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1C4	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ABC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d5',
    500: '#36b1c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1c4;
$custom-light: #82c8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70228,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.36214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1C4

secondary

#CC9289

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1C4

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

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