#36B9CC#36B9CC

#36B9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9CC
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -28.37, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 34.54, 214.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0977 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.112 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7646, 39.8383, 63.2359)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9CC #CC4936

analogous

#36CC94 #36B9CC #366ECC

triadic

#36B9CC #CC36B9 #B9CC36

tetradic

#36B9CC #9436CC #CC4936 #6ECC36

square

#36B9CC #9436CC #CC4936 #6ECC36

split-complementary

#36B9CC #CC366E #CC9436

monochromatic

#1B626C #288E9D #36B9CC #67CAD8 #98DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36B9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#36B9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9CC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9CC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cedb',
    500: '#36b9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9cc;
$custom-light: #83cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72477,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9CC

secondary

#D0968E

accent

#5945E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9CC

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

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