#36B4C9#36B4C9

#36B4C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4C9
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 201)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -26.82, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 33.75, 217.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.094 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.11 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3807, 37.6405, 61.0166)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4C9 #C94B36

analogous

#36C994 #36B4C9 #366BC9

triadic

#36B4C9 #C936B4 #B4C936

tetradic

#36B4C9 #9436C9 #C94B36 #6BC936

square

#36B4C9 #9436C9 #C94B36 #6BC936

split-complementary

#36B4C9 #C9366B #C99436

monochromatic

#1C5E69 #298999 #36B4C9 #66C6D6 #96D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#36B4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4C9

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4C9	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad9',
    500: '#36b4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4c9;
$custom-light: #82cad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71152,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4C9

secondary

#CE968C

accent

#5D47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4C9

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

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