#36B5C3#36B5C3

#36B5C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5C3
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 195)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -29.16, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 33.77, 210.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0975 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.108 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8912, 37.7688, 57.4393)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5C3 #C34436

analogous

#36C38B #36B5C3 #366FC3

triadic

#36B5C3 #C336B5 #B5C336

tetradic

#36B5C3 #8B36C3 #C34436 #6FC336

square

#36B5C3 #8B36C3 #C34436 #6FC336

split-complementary

#36B5C3 #C3366F #C38B36

monochromatic

#1B5C63 #298993 #36B5C3 #63C8D4 #92D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B5C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#36B5C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5C3

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5C3	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#A6AEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd5',
    500: '#36b5c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5c3;
$custom-light: #82cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.957,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71161,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5C3

secondary

#CC9089

accent

#5748E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5C3

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

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