#36B6C0#36B6C0

#36B6C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6C0
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 192)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -30.56, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 34.07, 206.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0998 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.108 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7595, 38.0427, 55.7389)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6C0 #C04036

analogous

#36C085 #36B6C0 #3671C0

triadic

#36B6C0 #C036B6 #B6C036

tetradic

#36B6C0 #8536C0 #C04036 #71C036

square

#36B6C0 #8536C0 #C04036 #71C036

split-complementary

#36B6C0 #C03671 #C08536

monochromatic

#1B5B60 #298990 #36B6C0 #61CAD2 #90DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#36B6C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#36B6C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6C0

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6C0	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A0C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccd3',
    500: '#36b6c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6c0;
$custom-light: #82ccd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.348,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71292,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6C0

secondary

#CB8C87

accent

#5348DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6C0

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

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