#36B2C2#36B2C2

#36B2C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.107 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2C2
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 194)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -27.99, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 33.22, 212.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0949 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.107 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1751, 36.5169, 56.6447)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2C2 #C24636

analogous

#36C28C #36B2C2 #366CC2

triadic

#36B2C2 #C236B2 #B2C236

tetradic

#36B2C2 #8C36C2 #C24636 #6CC236

square

#36B2C2 #8C36C2 #C24636 #6CC236

split-complementary

#36B2C2 #C2366C #C28C36

monochromatic

#1B5A62 #298692 #36B2C2 #62C6D3 #92D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#36B2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#36B2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2C2

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2C2	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)

#A2ABC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.107 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9d4',
    500: '#36b2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2c2;
$custom-light: #81c9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70393,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2C2

secondary

#CC9088

accent

#5948E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2C2

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

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