#36B5C6#36B5C6

#36B5C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.109 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5C6
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 198)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -28.24, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 33.78, 213.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0963 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.109 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2338, 37.9059, 59.2437)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5C6 #C64736

analogous

#36C68F #36B5C6 #366DC6

triadic

#36B5C6 #C636B5 #B5C636

tetradic

#36B5C6 #8F36C6 #C64736 #6DC636

square

#36B5C6 #8F36C6 #C64736 #6DC636

split-complementary

#36B5C6 #C6366D #C68F36

monochromatic

#1C5D66 #298996 #36B5C6 #64C8D5 #94D9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B5C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#36B5C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5C6

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5C6	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.109 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd7',
    500: '#36b5c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5c6;
$custom-light: #82cbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71277,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5C6

secondary

#CD938B

accent

#5947E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5C6

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

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