#36B3CA#36B3CA

#36B3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.110 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3CA
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -26.01, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 33.70, 219.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0927 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.11 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2975, 37.2854, 61.5711)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3CA #CA4D36

analogous

#36CA97 #36B3CA #3669CA

triadic

#36B3CA #CA36B3 #B3CA36

tetradic

#36B3CA #9736CA #CA4D36 #69CA36

square

#36B3CA #9736CA #CA4D36 #69CA36

split-complementary

#36B3CA #CA3669 #CA9736

monochromatic

#1C5E6A #29899A #36B3CA #66C5D7 #97D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#36B3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3CA

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3CA	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.110 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cada',
    500: '#36b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3ca;
$custom-light: #83cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.324,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3CA

secondary

#CF978D

accent

#5E46E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3CA

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

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