#36BCC2#36BCC2

#36BCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCC2
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -32.84, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 35.45, 202.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1048 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.111 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2378, 40.6423, 57.3323)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCC2 #C23C36

analogous

#36C282 #36BCC2 #3676C2

triadic

#36BCC2 #C236BC #BCC236

tetradic

#36BCC2 #8236C2 #C23C36 #76C236

square

#36BCC2 #8236C2 #C23C36 #76C236

split-complementary

#36BCC2 #C23676 #C28236

monochromatic

#1B5F62 #298E92 #36BCC2 #62CED3 #92DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#36BCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCC2

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCC2	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d4',
    500: '#36bcc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcc2;
$custom-light: #83d0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72829,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCC2

secondary

#CC8B88

accent

#4F48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCC2

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

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