#36B5CC#36B5CC

#36B5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.111 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5CC
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -26.38, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 34.05, 219.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0938 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.111 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9396, 38.1882, 62.9609)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5CC #CC4D36

analogous

#36CC98 #36B5CC #366ACC

triadic

#36B5CC #CC36B5 #B5CC36

tetradic

#36B5CC #9836CC #CC4D36 #6ACC36

square

#36B5CC #9836CC #CC4D36 #6ACC36

split-complementary

#36B5CC #CC366A #CC9836

monochromatic

#1B606C #288B9D #36B5CC #67C7D8 #98D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#36B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5CC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5CC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.111 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbdb',
    500: '#36b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5cc;
$custom-light: #83cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71513,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5CC

secondary

#D0988E

accent

#5D45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5CC

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

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