#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
RGBrgb(54, 177, 197)
HSLhsl(188, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(188, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(72.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(66.72, -26.57, -19.86)
CIE-LCHlch(66.72, 33.17, 216.78°)
OKLaboklab(70.27% -0.0927 -0.0553)
OKLCHoklch(70.27% 0.108 210.8)
XYZxyz(27.3172, 36.2565, 58.3710)
Luminance0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B1C51.002.548.258.25
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2521.001.001.00
##0000008.2521.001.001.00

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

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#36B1C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva