#36B5C7#36B5C7

#36B5C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.109 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5C7
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 199)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -27.93, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 33.80, 214.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0958 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.109 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3495, 37.9522, 59.8531)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5C7 #C74836

analogous

#36C790 #36B5C7 #366DC7

triadic

#36B5C7 #C736B5 #B5C736

tetradic

#36B5C7 #9036C7 #C74836 #6DC736

square

#36B5C7 #9036C7 #C74836 #6DC736

split-complementary

#36B5C7 #C7366D #C79036

monochromatic

#1C5D67 #298997 #36B5C7 #65C7D5 #95D9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#36B5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5C7

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5C7	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.109 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd8',
    500: '#36b5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5c7;
$custom-light: #82cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.448,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71315,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5C7

secondary

#CE938B

accent

#5A47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5C7

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

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