#36B9C3#36B9C3

#36B9C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9C3
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 195)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -31.11, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 34.63, 206.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1015 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.11 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7162, 39.4189, 57.7143)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9C3 #C34036

analogous

#36C387 #36B9C3 #3673C3

triadic

#36B9C3 #C336B9 #B9C336

tetradic

#36B9C3 #8736C3 #C34036 #73C336

square

#36B9C3 #8736C3 #C34036 #73C336

split-complementary

#36B9C3 #C33673 #C38736

monochromatic

#1B5E63 #298C93 #36B9C3 #63CCD4 #92DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36B9C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#36B9C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9C3

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9C3	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#AAB1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A2C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced5',
    500: '#36b9c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9c3;
$custom-light: #82ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.255,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72135,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9C3

secondary

#CC8E89

accent

#5348E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9C3

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

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