#36B6CC#36B6CC

#36B6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6CC
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -26.88, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 34.15, 218.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0948 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.111 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1437, 38.5963, 63.0289)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6CC #CC4C36

analogous

#36CC97 #36B6CC #366BCC

triadic

#36B6CC #CC36B6 #B6CC36

tetradic

#36B6CC #9736CC #CC4C36 #6BCC36

square

#36B6CC #9736CC #CC4C36 #6BCC36

split-complementary

#36B6CC #CC366B #CC9736

monochromatic

#1B606C #288C9D #36B6CC #67C8D8 #98D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36B6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#36B6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6CC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6CC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccdb',
    500: '#36b6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6cc;
$custom-light: #83ccdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71754,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6CC

secondary

#D0978E

accent

#5C45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6CC

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

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