#36B9C2#36B9C2

#36B9C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9C2
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 194)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -31.40, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 34.68, 205.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1019 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.11 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6036, 39.3738, 57.1209)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9C2 #C23F36

analogous

#36C285 #36B9C2 #3673C2

triadic

#36B9C2 #C236B9 #B9C236

tetradic

#36B9C2 #8536C2 #C23F36 #73C236

square

#36B9C2 #8536C2 #C23F36 #73C236

split-complementary

#36B9C2 #C23673 #C28536

monochromatic

#1B5E62 #298B92 #36B9C2 #62CCD3 #92DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#36B9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#36B9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9C2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9C2	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced4',
    500: '#36b9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9c2;
$custom-light: #82ced4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72098,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9C2

secondary

#CC8D88

accent

#5248E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9C2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →