#36B8CA#36B8CA

#36B8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8CA
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -28.49, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 34.33, 213.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0976 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.111 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3179, 39.3260, 61.9112)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8CA #CA4836

analogous

#36CA92 #36B8CA #366ECA

triadic

#36B8CA #CA36B8 #B8CA36

tetradic

#36B8CA #9236CA #CA4836 #6ECA36

square

#36B8CA #9236CA #CA4836 #6ECA36

split-complementary

#36B8CA #CA366E #CA9236

monochromatic

#1C606A #298C9A #36B8CA #66C9D7 #97DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#36B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8CA

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8CA	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdda',
    500: '#36b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8ca;
$custom-light: #83cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.297,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72158,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8CA

secondary

#CF958D

accent

#5946E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8CA

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

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