#36B6C4#36B6C4

#36B6C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6C4
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 196)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -29.35, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 33.95, 210.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0981 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.109 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2087, 38.2223, 58.1048)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6C4 #C44436

analogous

#36C48B #36B6C4 #366FC4

triadic

#36B6C4 #C436B6 #B6C436

tetradic

#36B6C4 #8B36C4 #C44436 #6FC436

square

#36B6C4 #8B36C4 #C44436 #6FC436

split-complementary

#36B6C4 #C4366F #C48B36

monochromatic

#1C5D64 #298994 #36B6C4 #63C9D4 #93DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#36B6C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#36B6C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6C4

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6C4	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)

#A7AFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccd5',
    500: '#36b6c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6c4;
$custom-light: #82ccd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.915,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71442,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6C4

secondary

#CC9089

accent

#5748E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6C4

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

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