#36B4C8#36B4C8

#36B4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4C8
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -27.13, -19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 33.70, 216.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0945 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.11 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2634, 37.5936, 60.3991)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4C8 #C84A36

analogous

#36C893 #36B4C8 #366BC8

triadic

#36B4C8 #C836B4 #B4C836

tetradic

#36B4C8 #9336C8 #C84A36 #6BC836

square

#36B4C8 #9336C8 #C84A36 #6BC836

split-complementary

#36B4C8 #C8366B #C89336

monochromatic

#1C5D68 #298998 #36B4C8 #66C6D6 #96D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#36B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4C8

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4C8	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad8',
    500: '#36b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4c8;
$custom-light: #82cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.219,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71113,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4C8

secondary

#CE958C

accent

#5C47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4C8

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

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