#36B4C7#36B4C7

#36B4C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.109 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4C7
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 199)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -27.44, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 33.66, 215.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0949 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.109 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1469, 37.5470, 59.7856)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4C7 #C74936

analogous

#36C792 #36B4C7 #366CC7

triadic

#36B4C7 #C736B4 #B4C736

tetradic

#36B4C7 #9236C7 #C74936 #6CC736

square

#36B4C7 #9236C7 #C74936 #6CC736

split-complementary

#36B4C7 #C7366C #C79236

monochromatic

#1C5D67 #298897 #36B4C7 #65C7D5 #95D8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B4C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#36B4C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4C7

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4C7	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.109 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad8',
    500: '#36b4c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4c7;
$custom-light: #82cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.862,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71073,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4C7

secondary

#CE948B

accent

#5B47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4C7

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

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