#36B8C3#36B8C3

#36B8C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8C3
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 195)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -30.62, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 34.40, 207.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1005 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.109 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5078, 39.0020, 57.6449)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8C3 #C34136

analogous

#36C388 #36B8C3 #3672C3

triadic

#36B8C3 #C336B8 #B8C336

tetradic

#36B8C3 #8836C3 #C34136 #72C336

square

#36B8C3 #8836C3 #C34136 #72C336

split-complementary

#36B8C3 #C33672 #C38836

monochromatic

#1B5E63 #298B93 #36B8C3 #63CBD4 #92DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#36B8C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#36B8C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8C3

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8C3	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd5',
    500: '#36b8c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8c3;
$custom-light: #82cdd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.681,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71891,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8C3

secondary

#CC8E89

accent

#5448E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8C3

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

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