#36B5C8#36B5C8

#36B5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36B5C8
RGBrgb(54, 181, 200)
HSLhsl(188, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(188, 73%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(73%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.02, -27.63, -19.53)
CIE-LCHlch(68.02, 33.83, 215.26°)
OKLaboklab(71.36% -0.0954 -0.0543)
OKLCHoklch(71.36% 0.11 209.7)
XYZxyz(28.4660, 37.9988, 60.4666)
Luminance0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36B5C8 #C84936
analogous
#36C892 #36B5C8 #366CC8
triadic
#36B5C8 #C836B5 #B5C836
tetradic
#36B5C8 #9236C8 #C84936 #6CC836
square
#36B5C8 #9236C8 #C84936 #6CC836
split-complementary
#36B5C8 #C8366C #C89236
monochromatic
#1C5E68 #298998 #36B5C8 #66C7D6 #96D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#36B5C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60
#36B5C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5C8
8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36B5C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36B5C81.002.448.608.60
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6021.001.001.00
##0000008.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4AEC9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#909FC8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36b5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 209.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd8',
    500: '#36b5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36b5c8;
$custom-light: #82cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36b5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.808,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71355,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36B5C8
secondary
#CE948C
accent
#5B47E1
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5C8

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#36B5C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva