#36B3C8#36B3C8

#36B3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3C8
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -26.63, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 33.57, 217.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0935 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.109 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0623, 37.1913, 60.3320)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3C8 #C84B36

analogous

#36C894 #36B3C8 #366AC8

triadic

#36B3C8 #C836B3 #B3C836

tetradic

#36B3C8 #9436C8 #C84B36 #6AC836

square

#36B3C8 #9436C8 #C84B36 #6AC836

split-complementary

#36B3C8 #C8366A #C89436

monochromatic

#1C5D68 #298898 #36B3C8 #66C5D6 #96D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#36B3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#36B3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3C8

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3C8	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad8',
    500: '#36b3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3c8;
$custom-light: #82cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.63,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70871,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3C8

secondary

#CE958C

accent

#5D47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3C8

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

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