#36B6CA#36B6CA

#36B6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6CA
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -27.50, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 34.05, 216.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0956 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.111 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9053, 38.5010, 61.7737)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6CA #CA4A36

analogous

#36CA94 #36B6CA #366CCA

triadic

#36B6CA #CA36B6 #B6CA36

tetradic

#36B6CA #9436CA #CA4A36 #6CCA36

square

#36B6CA #9436CA #CA4A36 #6CCA36

split-complementary

#36B6CA #CA366C #CA9436

monochromatic

#1C5F6A #298B9A #36B6CA #66C8D7 #97D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#36B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6CA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6CA	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccda',
    500: '#36b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6ca;
$custom-light: #83ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71675,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6CA

secondary

#CF968D

accent

#5B46E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6CA

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

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