#36B6C3#36B6C3

#36B6C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6C3
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 195)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -29.65, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 33.97, 209.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0985 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.109 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0953, 38.1770, 57.5073)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6C3 #C34336

analogous

#36C38A #36B6C3 #3670C3

triadic

#36B6C3 #C336B6 #B6C336

tetradic

#36B6C3 #8A36C3 #C34336 #70C336

square

#36B6C3 #8A36C3 #C34336 #70C336

split-complementary

#36B6C3 #C33670 #C38A36

monochromatic

#1B5D63 #298993 #36B6C3 #63C9D4 #92DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B6C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#36B6C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6C3

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6C3	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)

#A7AFC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccd5',
    500: '#36b6c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6c3;
$custom-light: #82ccd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.532,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71404,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6C3

secondary

#CC8F89

accent

#5648E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6C3

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

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