#36BBCA#36BBCA

#36BBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBCA
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -29.96, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 34.85, 210.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.1005 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.112 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9476, 40.5856, 62.1211)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBCA #CA4536

analogous

#36CA8F #36BBCA #3671CA

triadic

#36BBCA #CA36BB #BBCA36

tetradic

#36BBCA #8F36CA #CA4536 #71CA36

square

#36BBCA #8F36CA #CA4536 #71CA36

split-complementary

#36BBCA #CA3671 #CA8F36

monochromatic

#1C626A #298F9A #36BBCA #66CBD7 #97DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#36BBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBCA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBCA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0da',
    500: '#36bbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbca;
$custom-light: #83d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.081,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBCA

secondary

#CF948D

accent

#5646E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBCA

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

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