#36B7C8#36B7C8

#36B7C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.110 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7C8
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -28.61, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 34.14, 213.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0974 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.11 208)
XYZ	xyz(28.8756, 38.8179, 60.6031)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7C8 #C84736

analogous

#36C890 #36B7C8 #366EC8

triadic

#36B7C8 #C836B7 #B7C836

tetradic

#36B7C8 #9036C8 #C84736 #6EC836

square

#36B7C8 #9036C8 #C84736 #6EC836

split-complementary

#36B7C8 #C8366E #C89036

monochromatic

#1C5F68 #298B98 #36B7C8 #66C9D6 #96DAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#36B7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#36B7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7C8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7C8	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.110 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd8',
    500: '#36b7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7c8;
$custom-light: #83cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.986,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71839,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.38821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7C8

secondary

#CE948C

accent

#5947E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7C8

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

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