#36B2C1#36B2C1

#36B2C1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.107 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2C1
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 193)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 7.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -28.30, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 33.22, 211.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0954 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.107 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0632, 36.4721, 56.0552)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2C1 #C14536

analogous

#36C18A #36B2C1 #366CC1

triadic

#36B2C1 #C136B2 #B2C136

tetradic

#36B2C1 #8A36C1 #C14536 #6CC136

square

#36B2C1 #8A36C1 #C14536 #6CC136

split-complementary

#36B2C1 #C1366C #C18A36

monochromatic

#1B5A61 #298691 #36B2C1 #61C7D3 #91D8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#36B2C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#36B2C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2C1

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2C1	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.107 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9d3',
    500: '#36b2c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2c1;
$custom-light: #81c9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.475,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70354,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2C1

secondary

#CB8F88

accent

#5948E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2C1

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

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