#36BBCB#36BBCB

#36BBCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBCB
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -29.65, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 34.84, 211.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.1001 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.112 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0664, 40.6331, 62.7467)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBCB #CB4636

analogous

#36CB90 #36BBCB #3670CB

triadic

#36BBCB #CB36BB #BBCB36

tetradic

#36BBCB #9036CB #CB4636 #70CB36

square

#36BBCB #9036CB #CB4636 #70CB36

split-complementary

#36BBCB #CB3670 #CB9036

monochromatic

#1C626B #288F9C #36BBCB #67CBD8 #97DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#36BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBCB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBCB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 206.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.443,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72921,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBCB

secondary

#D0948D

accent

#5746E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBCB

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

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