#36B4CD#36B4CD

#36B4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.112 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4CD
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -25.57, -22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 34.04, 221.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0924 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.112 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8573, 37.8311, 63.5270)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4CD #CD4F36

analogous

#36CD9A #36B4CD #3668CD

triadic

#36B4CD #CD36B4 #B4CD36

tetradic

#36B4CD #9A36CD #CD4F36 #68CD36

square

#36B4CD #9A36CD #CD4F36 #68CD36

split-complementary

#36B4CD #CD3668 #CD9A36

monochromatic

#1B606D #278B9E #36B4CD #67C6D9 #98D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#36B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#36B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4CD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4CD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.112 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cadc',
    500: '#36b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4cd;
$custom-light: #83cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.934,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71313,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4CD

secondary

#D1998E

accent

#5F44E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4CD

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

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