#36BCC8#36BCC8

#36BCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCC8
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -31.05, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 35.09, 207.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.1023 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.112 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9253, 40.9173, 60.9530)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCC8 #C84236

analogous

#36C88B #36BCC8 #3673C8

triadic

#36BCC8 #C836BC #BCC836

tetradic

#36BCC8 #8B36C8 #C84236 #73C836

square

#36BCC8 #8B36C8 #C84236 #73C836

split-complementary

#36BCC8 #C83673 #C88B36

monochromatic

#1C6168 #298F98 #36BCC8 #66CCD6 #96DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#36BCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCC8

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCC8	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d8',
    500: '#36bcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcc8;
$custom-light: #83d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.932,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7305,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCC8

secondary

#CE918C

accent

#5447E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCC8

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

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