#36B7C9#36B7C9

#36B7C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.111 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7C9
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -28.31, -19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 34.16, 214.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.097 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.111 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9928, 38.8648, 61.2206)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7C9 #C94836

analogous

#36C992 #36B7C9 #366DC9

triadic

#36B7C9 #C936B7 #B7C936

tetradic

#36B7C9 #9236C9 #C94836 #6DC936

square

#36B7C9 #9236C9 #C94836 #6DC936

split-complementary

#36B7C9 #C9366D #C99236

monochromatic

#1C5F69 #298B99 #36B7C9 #66C8D6 #96DAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#36B7C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#36B7C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7C9

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7C9	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.111 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd9',
    500: '#36b7c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7c9;
$custom-light: #83cdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71877,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7C9

secondary

#CE958C

accent

#5A47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7C9

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

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