#36B4CA#36B4CA

#36B4CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4CA
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -26.51, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 33.81, 218.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0936 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.11 212)
XYZ	xyz(28.4987, 37.6877, 61.6381)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4CA #CA4C36

analogous

#36CA96 #36B4CA #366ACA

triadic

#36B4CA #CA36B4 #B4CA36

tetradic

#36B4CA #9636CA #CA4C36 #6ACA36

square

#36B4CA #9636CA #CA4C36 #6ACA36

split-complementary

#36B4CA #CA366A #CA9636

monochromatic

#1C5E6A #29899A #36B4CA #66C6D7 #97D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#36B4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4CA

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4CA	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cada',
    500: '#36b4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4ca;
$custom-light: #83cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71192,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.37691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4CA

secondary

#CF978D

accent

#5D46E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4CA

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

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