#36C8E2#36C8E2

#36C8E2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.123 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C8E2
RGB	rgb(54, 200, 226)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 11.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -28.92, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 37.43, 219.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.1032 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.123 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8971, 47.5794, 79.2286)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C8E2 #E25036

analogous

#36E2A6 #36C8E2 #3672E2

triadic

#36C8E2 #E236C8 #C8E236

tetradic

#36C8E2 #A636E2 #E25036 #72E236

square

#36C8E2 #A636E2 #E25036 #72E236

split-complementary

#36C8E2 #E23672 #E2A636

monochromatic

#14788A #1CA6BF #36C8E2 #6BD7EA #A1E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#36C8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#36C8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C8E2

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C8E2	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 200, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.123 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9eb',
    500: '#36c8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c8e2;
$custom-light: #87d9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.07,
    "s": 74.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76929,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C8E2

secondary

#DEA196

accent

#5336F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFD

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C8E2

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

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