#36B9C7#36B9C7

#36B9C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9C7
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 199)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -29.90, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 34.50, 209.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0998 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.111 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1746, 39.6022, 60.1281)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9C7 #C74436

analogous

#36C78D #36B9C7 #3671C7

triadic

#36B9C7 #C736B9 #B9C736

tetradic

#36B9C7 #8D36C7 #C74436 #71C736

square

#36B9C7 #8D36C7 #C74436 #71C736

split-complementary

#36B9C7 #C73671 #C78D36

monochromatic

#1C5F67 #298C97 #36B9C7 #65CAD5 #95DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36B9C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#36B9C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9C7

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9C7	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced8',
    500: '#36b9c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9c7;
$custom-light: #83ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.793,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72285,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9C7

secondary

#CE928B

accent

#5647E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9C7

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

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