#36BBC4#36BBC4

#36BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBC4
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -31.77, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 35.05, 204.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.103 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.111 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2510, 40.3070, 58.4522)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBC4 #C43F36

analogous

#36C486 #36BBC4 #3674C4

triadic

#36BBC4 #C436BB #BBC436

tetradic

#36BBC4 #8636C4 #C43F36 #74C436

square

#36BBC4 #8636C4 #C43F36 #74C436

split-complementary

#36BBC4 #C43674 #C48636

monochromatic

#1C5F64 #298D94 #36BBC4 #63CDD4 #93DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#36BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBC4

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBC4	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)

#ADB3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d5',
    500: '#36bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbc4;
$custom-light: #83d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.803,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72658,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBC4

secondary

#CC8E89

accent

#5148E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBC4

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

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