#36B8CC#36B8CC

#36B8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8CC
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -27.87, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 34.40, 215.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0967 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.112 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5562, 39.4214, 63.1664)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8CC #CC4A36

analogous

#36CC95 #36B8CC #366DCC

triadic

#36B8CC #CC36B8 #B8CC36

tetradic

#36B8CC #9536CC #CC4A36 #6DCC36

square

#36B8CC #9536CC #CC4A36 #6DCC36

split-complementary

#36B8CC #CC366D #CC9536

monochromatic

#1B616C #288D9D #36B8CC #67C9D8 #98DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36B8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#36B8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8CC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8CC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cddb',
    500: '#36b8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8cc;
$custom-light: #83cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8CC

secondary

#D0968E

accent

#5A45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8CC

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

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