#36C0CB#36C0CB

#36C0CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.114 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C0CB
RGB	rgb(54, 192, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -32.07, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 35.86, 206.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.105 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.114 203)
XYZ	xyz(31.1457, 42.7916, 63.1064)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C0CB #CB4136

analogous

#36CB8C #36C0CB #3675CB

triadic

#36C0CB #CB36C0 #C0CB36

tetradic

#36C0CB #8C36CB #CB4136 #75CB36

square

#36C0CB #8C36CB #CB4136 #75CB36

split-complementary

#36C0CB #CB3675 #CB8C36

monochromatic

#1C656B #28939C #36C0CB #67CFD8 #97DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#36C0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#36C0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C0CB

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C0CB	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 192, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.114 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3da',
    500: '#36c0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c0cb;
$custom-light: #84d3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.43,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74131,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.42795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C0CB

secondary

#D0928D

accent

#5146E2

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C0CB

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

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