#36B2C5#36B2C5

#36B2C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.108 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2C5
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 197)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -27.06, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 33.30, 215.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0937 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.108 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5154, 36.6530, 58.4371)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2C5 #C54936

analogous

#36C591 #36B2C5 #366BC5

triadic

#36B2C5 #C536B2 #B2C536

tetradic

#36B2C5 #9136C5 #C54936 #6BC536

square

#36B2C5 #9136C5 #C54936 #6BC536

split-complementary

#36B2C5 #C5366B #C59136

monochromatic

#1C5B65 #298795 #36B2C5 #64C5D4 #94D7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#36B2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#36B2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2C5

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2C5	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.108 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d6',
    500: '#36b2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2c5;
$custom-light: #82c9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.972,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7051,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2C5

secondary

#CD938A

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2C5

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

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