#36BCC6#36BCC6

#36BCC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCC6
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 198)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -31.65, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 35.18, 205.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1031 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.112 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6931, 40.8244, 59.7301)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCC6 #C64036

analogous

#36C688 #36BCC6 #3674C6

triadic

#36BCC6 #C636BC #BCC636

tetradic

#36BCC6 #8836C6 #C64036 #74C636

square

#36BCC6 #8836C6 #C64036 #74C636

split-complementary

#36BCC6 #C63674 #C68836

monochromatic

#1C6166 #298E96 #36BCC6 #64CDD5 #94DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BCC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#36BCC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCC6

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCC6	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d7',
    500: '#36bcc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcc6;
$custom-light: #83d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.167,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72975,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCC6

secondary

#CD8F8B

accent

#5247E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCC6

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

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