#36B7CD#36B7CD

#36B7CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7CD
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -27.07, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 34.32, 217.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0954 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.112 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4695, 39.0555, 63.7311)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7CD #CD4C36

analogous

#36CD97 #36B7CD #366BCD

triadic

#36B7CD #CD36B7 #B7CD36

tetradic

#36B7CD #9736CD #CD4C36 #6BCD36

square

#36B7CD #9736CD #CD4C36 #6BCD36

split-complementary

#36B7CD #CD366B #CD9736

monochromatic

#1B616D #278D9E #36B7CD #67C9D9 #98DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#36B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#36B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7CD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7CD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cddc',
    500: '#36b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7cd;
$custom-light: #83cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.742,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72035,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7CD

secondary

#D1988E

accent

#5C44E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7CD

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

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