#36B9C0#36B9C0

#36B9C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9C0
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 192)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -32.00, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 34.81, 203.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1027 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.11 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3805, 39.2846, 55.9459)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9C0 #C03D36

analogous

#36C082 #36B9C0 #3674C0

triadic

#36B9C0 #C036B9 #B9C036

tetradic

#36B9C0 #8236C0 #C03D36 #74C036

square

#36B9C0 #8236C0 #C03D36 #74C036

split-complementary

#36B9C0 #C03674 #C08236

monochromatic

#1B5D60 #298B90 #36B9C0 #61CDD2 #90DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36B9C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#36B9C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9C0

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9C0	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced3',
    500: '#36b9c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9c0;
$custom-light: #82ced3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.043,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72024,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9C0

secondary

#CB8B87

accent

#5048DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9C0

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

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