#36B9CD#36B9CD

#36B9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9CD
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -28.06, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 34.57, 215.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0973 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.112 210)
XYZ	xyz(29.8850, 39.8864, 63.8696)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9CD #CD4A36

analogous

#36CD95 #36B9CD #366DCD

triadic

#36B9CD #CD36B9 #B9CD36

tetradic

#36B9CD #9536CD #CD4A36 #6DCD36

square

#36B9CD #9536CD #CD4A36 #6DCD36

split-complementary

#36B9CD #CD366D #CD9536

monochromatic

#1B636D #278F9E #36B9CD #67CAD9 #98DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#36B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9CD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9CD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cedc',
    500: '#36b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9cd;
$custom-light: #83cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.947,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.3989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9CD

secondary

#D1978E

accent

#5A44E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9CD

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

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