#36B6CF#36B6CF

#36B6CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6CF
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -25.94, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 34.37, 221.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0936 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.113 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5069, 38.7416, 64.9421)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6CF #CF4F36

analogous

#36CF9B #36B6CF #3669CF

triadic

#36B6CF #CF36B6 #B6CF36

tetradic

#36B6CF #9B36CF #CF4F36 #69CF36

square

#36B6CF #9B36CF #CF4F36 #69CF36

split-complementary

#36B6CF #CF3669 #CF9B36

monochromatic

#1B6270 #278DA1 #36B6CF #67C8DB #99DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36B6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#36B6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6CF

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6CF	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccdd',
    500: '#36b6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6cf;
$custom-light: #83ccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.804,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71874,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6CF

secondary

#D29A8F

accent

#5E43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6CF

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

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