#36B1C8#36B1C8

#36B1C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.109 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1C8
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 11.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -25.63, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 33.36, 219.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0915 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.109 213)
XYZ	xyz(27.6643, 36.3954, 60.1994)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1C8 #C84D36

analogous

#36C896 #36B1C8 #3668C8

triadic

#36B1C8 #C836B1 #B1C836

tetradic

#36B1C8 #9636C8 #C84D36 #68C836

square

#36B1C8 #9636C8 #C84D36 #68C836

split-complementary

#36B1C8 #C83668 #C89636

monochromatic

#1C5C68 #298698 #36B1C8 #66C4D6 #96D6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#36B1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1C8

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1C8	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.109 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d8',
    500: '#36b1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1c8;
$custom-light: #82c8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.452,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70388,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.36399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1C8

secondary

#CE968C

accent

#5F47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1C8

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

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