#36B9CF#36B9CF

#36B9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9CF
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -27.44, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 34.67, 217.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0965 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.113 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1279, 39.9836, 65.1491)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9CF #CF4C36

analogous

#36CF98 #36B9CF #366CCF

triadic

#36B9CF #CF36B9 #B9CF36

tetradic

#36B9CF #9836CF #CF4C36 #6CCF36

square

#36B9CF #9836CF #CF4C36 #6CCF36

split-complementary

#36B9CF #CF366C #CF9836

monochromatic

#1B6470 #2790A1 #36B9CF #67CADB #99DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36B9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#36B9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9CF

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9CF	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cedd',
    500: '#36b9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9cf;
$custom-light: #84cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.627,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72595,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9CF

secondary

#D2988F

accent

#5A43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9CF

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

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