#36B3C4#36B3C4

#36B3C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3C4
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 196)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -27.87, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 33.42, 213.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0951 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.108 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6009, 37.0067, 57.9022)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3C4 #C44736

analogous

#36C48E #36B3C4 #366CC4

triadic

#36B3C4 #C436B3 #B3C436

tetradic

#36B3C4 #8E36C4 #C44736 #6CC436

square

#36B3C4 #8E36C4 #C44736 #6CC436

split-complementary

#36B3C4 #C4366C #C48E36

monochromatic

#1C5B64 #298794 #36B3C4 #63C7D4 #93D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B3C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#36B3C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3C4

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3C4	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad5',
    500: '#36b3c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3c4;
$custom-light: #82cad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.183,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3C4

secondary

#CC9189

accent

#5A48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3C4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →