#36B4C4#36B4C4

#36B4C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4C4
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 196)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -28.36, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 33.59, 212.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0961 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.108 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8021, 37.4090, 57.9692)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4C4 #C44636

analogous

#36C48D #36B4C4 #366DC4

triadic

#36B4C4 #C436B4 #B4C436

tetradic

#36B4C4 #8D36C4 #C44636 #6DC436

square

#36B4C4 #8D36C4 #C44636 #6DC436

split-complementary

#36B4C4 #C4366D #C48D36

monochromatic

#1C5C64 #298894 #36B4C4 #63C7D4 #93D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#36B4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4C4

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4C4	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd5',
    500: '#36b4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4c4;
$custom-light: #82cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.761,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70957,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4C4

secondary

#CC9189

accent

#5948E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4C4

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

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