#36B8C8#36B8C8

#36B8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8C8
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 8%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -29.10, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 34.31, 211.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0984 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.111 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0826, 39.2319, 60.6721)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8C8 #C84636

analogous

#36C88F #36B8C8 #366FC8

triadic

#36B8C8 #C836B8 #B8C836

tetradic

#36B8C8 #8F36C8 #C84636 #6FC836

square

#36B8C8 #8F36C8 #C84636 #6FC836

split-complementary

#36B8C8 #C8366F #C88F36

monochromatic

#1C5F68 #298C98 #36B8C8 #66C9D6 #96DAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36B8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#36B8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8C8

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8C8	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd8',
    500: '#36b8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8c8;
$custom-light: #83cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.575,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72081,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8C8

secondary

#CE938C

accent

#5847E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8C8

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

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