#36B5C0#36B5C0

#36B5C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5C0
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 192)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -30.07, -15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 33.84, 207.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0988 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.108 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5554, 37.6345, 55.6709)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5C0 #C04136

analogous

#36C086 #36B5C0 #3670C0

triadic

#36B5C0 #C036B5 #B5C036

tetradic

#36B5C0 #8636C0 #C04136 #70C036

square

#36B5C0 #8636C0 #C04136 #70C036

split-complementary

#36B5C0 #C03670 #C08636

monochromatic

#1B5B60 #298890 #36B5C0 #61C9D2 #90DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#36B5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5C0

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5C0	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)

#A7ADC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd3',
    500: '#36b5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5c0;
$custom-light: #82cbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.783,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71048,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5C0

secondary

#CB8C87

accent

#5448DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5C0

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

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