#36B1C5#36B1C5

#36B1C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1C5
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 197)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -26.57, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 33.17, 216.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0927 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.108 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3172, 36.2565, 58.3710)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1C5 #C54A36

analogous

#36C592 #36B1C5 #3669C5

triadic

#36B1C5 #C536B1 #B1C536

tetradic

#36B1C5 #9236C5 #C54A36 #69C536

square

#36B1C5 #9236C5 #C54A36 #69C536

split-complementary

#36B1C5 #C53669 #C59236

monochromatic

#1C5B65 #298695 #36B1C5 #64C5D4 #94D7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B1C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#36B1C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1C5

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1C5	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ABC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d6',
    500: '#36b1c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1c5;
$custom-light: #82c8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.392,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70268,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1C5

secondary

#CD938A

accent

#5D48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1C5

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

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