#36B6C8#36B6C8

#36B6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6C8
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -28.12, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 33.98, 214.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0964 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.11 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6701, 38.4069, 60.5346)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6C8 #C84836

analogous

#36C891 #36B6C8 #366DC8

triadic

#36B6C8 #C836B6 #B6C836

tetradic

#36B6C8 #9136C8 #C84836 #6DC836

square

#36B6C8 #9136C8 #C84836 #6DC836

split-complementary

#36B6C8 #C8366D #C89136

monochromatic

#1C5E68 #298A98 #36B6C8 #66C8D6 #96D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#36B6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#36B6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6C8

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6C8	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccd8',
    500: '#36b6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6c8;
$custom-light: #83ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.397,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71596,
    "c": 0.11006,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6C8

secondary

#CE948C

accent

#5A47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6C8

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

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