#36BBC9#36BBC9

#36BBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBC9
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -30.26, -17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 34.86, 209.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1009 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.112 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8296, 40.5384, 61.4996)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBC9 #C94436

analogous

#36C98D #36BBC9 #3672C9

triadic

#36BBC9 #C936BB #BBC936

tetradic

#36BBC9 #8D36C9 #C94436 #72C936

square

#36BBC9 #8D36C9 #C94436 #72C936

split-complementary

#36BBC9 #C93672 #C98D36

monochromatic

#1C6169 #298E99 #36BBC9 #66CBD6 #96DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#36BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBC9

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBC9	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d9',
    500: '#36bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbc9;
$custom-light: #83d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBC9

secondary

#CE938C

accent

#5647E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBC9

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

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