#36BCC0#36BCC0

#36BCC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCC0
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -33.43, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 35.64, 200.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.1057 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.111 198)
XYZ	xyz(29.0147, 40.5530, 56.1573)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCC0 #C03A36

analogous

#36C07F #36BCC0 #3677C0

triadic

#36BCC0 #C036BC #BCC036

tetradic

#36BCC0 #7F36C0 #C03A36 #77C036

square

#36BCC0 #7F36C0 #C03A36 #77C036

split-complementary

#36BCC0 #C03677 #C07F36

monochromatic

#1B5E60 #298D90 #36BCC0 #61CFD2 #90DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BCC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#36BCC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCC0

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCC0	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0d3',
    500: '#36bcc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcc0;
$custom-light: #82d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72757,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.40556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCC0

secondary

#CB8987

accent

#4D48DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCC0

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

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