#36B5CA#36B5CA

#36B5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5CA
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -27.01, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 33.92, 217.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0946 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.111 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7013, 38.0929, 61.7057)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5CA #CA4B36

analogous

#36CA95 #36B5CA #366BCA

triadic

#36B5CA #CA36B5 #B5CA36

tetradic

#36B5CA #9536CA #CA4B36 #6BCA36

square

#36B5CA #9536CA #CA4B36 #6BCA36

split-complementary

#36B5CA #CA366B #CA9536

monochromatic

#1C5F6A #298A9A #36B5CA #66C7D7 #97D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#36B5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5CA

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5CA	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbda',
    500: '#36b5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5ca;
$custom-light: #83cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.514,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71433,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5CA

secondary

#CF968D

accent

#5C46E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5CA

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

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