#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
RGBrgb(54, 188, 200)
HSLhsl(185, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(185, 73%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(73%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.12, -31.05, -16.35)
CIE-LCHlch(70.12, 35.09, 207.78°)
OKLaboklab(73.05% -0.1023 -0.0454)
OKLCHoklch(73.05% 0.112 203.9)
XYZxyz(29.9253, 40.9173, 60.9530)
Luminance0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36BCC81.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

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

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#36BCC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva