#36B6C2#36B6C2

#36B6C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6C2
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 194)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 6.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -29.95, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 33.99, 208.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0989 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.109 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9826, 38.1319, 56.9139)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6C2 #C24236

analogous

#36C288 #36B6C2 #3670C2

triadic

#36B6C2 #C236B6 #B6C236

tetradic

#36B6C2 #8836C2 #C24236 #70C236

square

#36B6C2 #8836C2 #C24236 #70C236

split-complementary

#36B6C2 #C23670 #C28836

monochromatic

#1B5C62 #298992 #36B6C2 #62CAD3 #92DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B6C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#36B6C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6C2

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6C2	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccd4',
    500: '#36b6c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6c2;
$custom-light: #82ccd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71367,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6C2

secondary

#CC8E88

accent

#5548E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6C2

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

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