#36B3C6#36B3C6

#36B3C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.109 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3C6
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 198)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -27.25, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 33.48, 215.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0943 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.109 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8301, 37.0984, 59.1091)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3C6 #C64936

analogous

#36C691 #36B3C6 #366BC6

triadic

#36B3C6 #C636B3 #B3C636

tetradic

#36B3C6 #9136C6 #C64936 #6BC636

square

#36B3C6 #9136C6 #C64936 #6BC636

split-complementary

#36B3C6 #C6366B #C69136

monochromatic

#1C5C66 #298896 #36B3C6 #64C6D5 #94D8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#36B3C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#36B3C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3C6

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3C6	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.109 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad7',
    500: '#36b3c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3c6;
$custom-light: #82cad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.917,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70792,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3C6

secondary

#CD938B

accent

#5C47E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3C6

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

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