#36B7C6#36B7C6

#36B7C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.110 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7C6
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 198)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -29.23, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 34.13, 211.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0982 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.11 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6434, 38.7251, 59.3802)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7C6 #C64536

analogous

#36C68D #36B7C6 #366FC6

triadic

#36B7C6 #C636B7 #B7C636

tetradic

#36B7C6 #8D36C6 #C64536 #6FC636

square

#36B7C6 #8D36C6 #C64536 #6FC636

split-complementary

#36B7C6 #C6366F #C68D36

monochromatic

#1C5E66 #298B96 #36B7C6 #64C9D5 #94DAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36B7C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#36B7C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7C6

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7C6	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)

#A7B0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.110 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd7',
    500: '#36b7c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7c6;
$custom-light: #82cdd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71762,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7C6

secondary

#CD928B

accent

#5747E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7C6

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

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