#36B9CA#36B9CA

#36B9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9CA
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -28.98, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 34.49, 212.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0985 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.111 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5263, 39.7429, 61.9807)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9CA #CA4736

analogous

#36CA91 #36B9CA #366FCA

triadic

#36B9CA #CA36B9 #B9CA36

tetradic

#36B9CA #9136CA #CA4736 #6FCA36

square

#36B9CA #9136CA #CA4736 #6FCA36

split-complementary

#36B9CA #CA366F #CA9136

monochromatic

#1C616A #298D9A #36B9CA #66CAD7 #97DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36B9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#36B9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9CA

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9CA	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceda',
    500: '#36b9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9ca;
$custom-light: #83ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.892,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9CA

secondary

#CF948D

accent

#5846E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9CA

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

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