#36B9C8#36B9C8

#36B9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9C8
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -29.59, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 34.49, 210.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0994 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.111 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2910, 39.6488, 60.7416)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9C8 #C84536

analogous

#36C88E #36B9C8 #3670C8

triadic

#36B9C8 #C836B9 #B9C836

tetradic

#36B9C8 #8E36C8 #C84536 #70C836

square

#36B9C8 #8E36C8 #C84536 #70C836

split-complementary

#36B9C8 #C83670 #C88E36

monochromatic

#1C6068 #298C98 #36B9C8 #66CAD6 #96DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36B9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#36B9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9C8

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9C8	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced8',
    500: '#36b9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9c8;
$custom-light: #83ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.164,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72323,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9C8

secondary

#CE938C

accent

#5747E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9C8

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

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