#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
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -27.63, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 33.83, 215.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0954 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.11 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4660, 37.9988, 60.4666)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36B5C8	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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