#36B6C7#36B6C7

#36B6C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6C7
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 199)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -28.43, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 33.96, 213.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0968 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.11 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5536, 38.3603, 59.9212)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6C7 #C74736

analogous

#36C78F #36B6C7 #366EC7

triadic

#36B6C7 #C736B6 #B6C736

tetradic

#36B6C7 #8F36C7 #C74736 #6EC736

square

#36B6C7 #8F36C7 #C74736 #6EC736

split-complementary

#36B6C7 #C7366E #C78F36

monochromatic

#1C5E67 #298A97 #36B6C7 #65C8D5 #95D9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36B6C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#36B6C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6C7

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6C7	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccd8',
    500: '#36b6c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6c7;
$custom-light: #82ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.034,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71558,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6C7

secondary

#CE938B

accent

#5947E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6C7

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

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