#36B1C6#36B1C6

#36B1C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1C6
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 198)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -26.25, -20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 33.22, 217.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0923 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.108 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4321, 36.3025, 58.9764)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1C6 #C64B36

analogous

#36C693 #36B1C6 #3669C6

triadic

#36B1C6 #C636B1 #B1C636

tetradic

#36B1C6 #9336C6 #C64B36 #69C636

square

#36B1C6 #9336C6 #C64B36 #69C636

split-complementary

#36B1C6 #C63669 #C69336

monochromatic

#1C5B66 #298696 #36B1C6 #64C4D5 #94D7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B1C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#36B1C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1C6

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1C6	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d7',
    500: '#36b1c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1c6;
$custom-light: #82c8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70308,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1C6

secondary

#CD948B

accent

#5E47E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1C6

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

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