#36B6CD#36B6CD

#36B6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.112 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6CD
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -26.57, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 34.22, 219.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0944 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.112 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2640, 38.6445, 63.6626)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6CD #CD4D36

analogous

#36CD98 #36B6CD #366ACD

triadic

#36B6CD #CD36B6 #B6CD36

tetradic

#36B6CD #9836CD #CD4D36 #6ACD36

square

#36B6CD #9836CD #CD4D36 #6ACD36

split-complementary

#36B6CD #CD366A #CD9836

monochromatic

#1B616D #278C9E #36B6CD #67C8D9 #98DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36B6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#36B6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6CD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6CD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.112 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccdc',
    500: '#36b6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6cd;
$custom-light: #83ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.139,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71794,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6CD

secondary

#D1988E

accent

#5D44E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6CD

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

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