#36B5C4#36B5C4

#36B5C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5C4
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 196)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -28.86, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 33.76, 211.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0971 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.109 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0047, 37.8142, 58.0368)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5C4 #C44536

analogous

#36C48C #36B5C4 #366EC4

triadic

#36B5C4 #C436B5 #B5C436

tetradic

#36B5C4 #8C36C4 #C44536 #6EC436

square

#36B5C4 #8C36C4 #C44536 #6EC436

split-complementary

#36B5C4 #C4366E #C48C36

monochromatic

#1C5C64 #298994 #36B5C4 #63C8D4 #93D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#36B5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5C4

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5C4	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd5',
    500: '#36b5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5c4;
$custom-light: #82cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.338,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71199,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5C4

secondary

#CC9189

accent

#5848E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5C4

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

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