#36B9D1#36B9D1

#36B9D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9D1
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -26.81, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 34.80, 219.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0957 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.114 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3740, 40.0820, 66.4450)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9D1 #D14E36

analogous

#36D19B #36B9D1 #366CD1

triadic

#36B9D1 #D136B9 #B9D136

tetradic

#36B9D1 #9B36D1 #D14E36 #6CD136

square

#36B9D1 #9B36D1 #D14E36 #6CD136

split-complementary

#36B9D1 #D1366C #D19B36

monochromatic

#1A6572 #2691A4 #36B9D1 #68CADC #9ADCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36B9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#36B9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9D1

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9D1	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cedf',
    500: '#36b9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9d1;
$custom-light: #84cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.29,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72675,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9D1

secondary

#D39A8F

accent

#5B42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9D1

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

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