#36BACD#36BACD

#36BACD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.113 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BACD
RGB	rgb(54, 186, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -28.55, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 34.71, 214.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0983 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.113 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0949, 40.3063, 63.9395)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BACD #CD4936

analogous

#36CD95 #36BACD #366ECD

triadic

#36BACD #CD36BA #BACD36

tetradic

#36BACD #9536CD #CD4936 #6ECD36

square

#36BACD #9536CD #CD4936 #6ECD36

split-complementary

#36BACD #CD366E #CD9536

monochromatic

#1B636D #278F9E #36BACD #67CBD9 #98DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#36BACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BACD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BACD	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 186, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.113 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfdc',
    500: '#36bacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bacd;
$custom-light: #84cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.55,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72757,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BACD

secondary

#D1968E

accent

#5844E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BACD

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

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