#36B2C0#36B2C0

#36B2C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2C0
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 192)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -28.60, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 33.22, 210.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0958 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.107 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9520, 36.4277, 55.4697)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2C0 #C04436

analogous

#36C089 #36B2C0 #366DC0

triadic

#36B2C0 #C036B2 #B2C036

tetradic

#36B2C0 #8936C0 #C04436 #6DC036

square

#36B2C0 #8936C0 #C04436 #6DC036

split-complementary

#36B2C0 #C0366D #C08936

monochromatic

#1B5960 #298690 #36B2C0 #61C7D2 #90D8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#36B2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#36B2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2C0

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2C0	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9d3',
    500: '#36b2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2c0;
$custom-light: #81c9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.087,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70316,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2C0

secondary

#CB8E87

accent

#5848DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2C0

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

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