#36B2C9#36B2C9

#36B2C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2C9
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 201)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -25.82, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 33.53, 219.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0921 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.11 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9798, 36.8388, 60.8830)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2C9 #C94D36

analogous

#36C997 #36B2C9 #3668C9

triadic

#36B2C9 #C936B2 #B2C936

tetradic

#36B2C9 #9736C9 #C94D36 #68C936

square

#36B2C9 #9736C9 #C94D36 #68C936

split-complementary

#36B2C9 #C93668 #C99736

monochromatic

#1C5D69 #298799 #36B2C9 #66C4D6 #96D7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#36B2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2C9

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2C9	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d9',
    500: '#36b2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2c9;
$custom-light: #82c9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.388,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7067,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2C9

secondary

#CE978C

accent

#5F47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2C9

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

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