#36B5CD#36B5CD

#36B5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5CD
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -26.07, -22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 34.12, 220.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0934 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.112 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0599, 38.2363, 63.5946)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5CD #CD4E36

analogous

#36CD99 #36B5CD #366ACD

triadic

#36B5CD #CD36B5 #B5CD36

tetradic

#36B5CD #9936CD #CD4E36 #6ACD36

square

#36B5CD #9936CD #CD4E36 #6ACD36

split-complementary

#36B5CD #CD366A #CD9936

monochromatic

#1B606D #278B9E #36B5CD #67C7D9 #98D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#36B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5CD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5CD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbdc',
    500: '#36b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5cd;
$custom-light: #83cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.536,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71553,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5CD

secondary

#D1998E

accent

#5E44E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5CD

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

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