#36B8CD#36B8CD

#36B8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B8CD
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -27.56, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 34.44, 216.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0963 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.112 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6765, 39.4695, 63.8001)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B8CD #CD4B36

analogous

#36CD96 #36B8CD #366DCD

triadic

#36B8CD #CD36B8 #B8CD36

tetradic

#36B8CD #9636CD #CD4B36 #6DCD36

square

#36B8CD #9636CD #CD4B36 #6DCD36

split-complementary

#36B8CD #CD366D #CD9636

monochromatic

#1B626D #278E9E #36B8CD #67C9D9 #98DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#36B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B8CD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B8CD	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)

#A7B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cddc',
    500: '#36b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b8cd;
$custom-light: #83cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.344,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72275,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B8CD

secondary

#D1978E

accent

#5B44E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B8CD

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

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