#36B4C2#36B4C2

#36B4C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4C2
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 194)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -28.98, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 33.59, 210.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0969 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.108 206)
XYZ	xyz(27.5759, 37.3186, 56.7783)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4C2 #C24436

analogous

#36C28A #36B4C2 #366EC2

triadic

#36B4C2 #C236B4 #B4C236

tetradic

#36B4C2 #8A36C2 #C24436 #6EC236

square

#36B4C2 #8A36C2 #C24436 #6EC236

split-complementary

#36B4C2 #C2366E #C28A36

monochromatic

#1B5B62 #298892 #36B4C2 #62C8D3 #92D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#36B4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4C2

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4C2	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)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd4',
    500: '#36b4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4c2;
$custom-light: #82cbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.37322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4C2

secondary

#CC8F88

accent

#5748E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4C2

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

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