#36B5C2#36B5C2

#36B5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.108 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5C2
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 194)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -29.47, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 33.79, 209.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0979 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.108 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7785, 37.7238, 56.8459)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5C2 #C24336

analogous

#36C289 #36B5C2 #366FC2

triadic

#36B5C2 #C236B5 #B5C236

tetradic

#36B5C2 #8936C2 #C24336 #6FC236

square

#36B5C2 #8936C2 #C24336 #6FC236

split-complementary

#36B5C2 #C2366F #C28936

monochromatic

#1B5C62 #298892 #36B5C2 #62C9D3 #92D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#36B5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5C2

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5C2	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.108 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd4',
    500: '#36b5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5c2;
$custom-light: #82cbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71123,
    "c": 0.10816,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5C2

secondary

#CC8F88

accent

#5648E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5C2

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

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