#36B2C8#36B2C8

#36B2C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2C8
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -26.13, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 33.46, 218.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0925 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.109 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8626, 36.7919, 60.2655)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2C8 #C84C36

analogous

#36C895 #36B2C8 #3669C8

triadic

#36B2C8 #C836B2 #B2C836

tetradic

#36B2C8 #9536C8 #C84C36 #69C836

square

#36B2C8 #9536C8 #C84C36 #69C836

split-complementary

#36B2C8 #C83669 #C89536

monochromatic

#1C5C68 #298798 #36B2C8 #66C5D6 #96D7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#36B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2C8

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2C8	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d8',
    500: '#36b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2c8;
$custom-light: #82c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.041,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70629,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2C8

secondary

#CE968C

accent

#5E47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2C8

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

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