#36B2CA#36B2CA

#36B2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B2CA
RGB	rgb(54, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -25.50, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 33.61, 220.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0917 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.11 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0978, 36.8860, 61.5045)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B2CA #CA4E36

analogous

#36CA98 #36B2CA #3668CA

triadic

#36B2CA #CA36B2 #B2CA36

tetradic

#36B2CA #9836CA #CA4E36 #68CA36

square

#36B2CA #9836CA #CA4E36 #68CA36

split-complementary

#36B2CA #CA3668 #CA9836

monochromatic

#1C5D6A #29889A #36B2CA #66C5D7 #97D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#36B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B2CA

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B2CA	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9da',
    500: '#36b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b2ca;
$custom-light: #82c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.73,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7071,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B2CA

secondary

#CF988D

accent

#5F46E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B2CA

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

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