#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
RGBrgb(54, 183, 201)
HSLhsl(187, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(187, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(73.1%, 9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.65, -28.31, -19.12)
CIE-LCHlch(68.65, 34.16, 214.04°)
OKLaboklab(71.88% -0.097 -0.0532)
OKLCHoklch(71.88% 0.111 208.7)
XYZxyz(28.9928, 38.8648, 61.2206)
Luminance0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B7C91.002.398.778.77
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7721.001.001.00
##0000008.7721.001.001.00

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

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#36B7C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva