#36BBCC#36BBCC

#36BBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBCC
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -29.35, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 34.85, 212.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0997 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.113 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1860, 40.6809, 63.3763)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBCC #CC4736

analogous

#36CC92 #36BBCC #3670CC

triadic

#36BBCC #CC36BB #BBCC36

tetradic

#36BBCC #9236CC #CC4736 #70CC36

square

#36BBCC #9236CC #CC4736 #70CC36

split-complementary

#36BBCC #CC3670 #CC9236

monochromatic

#1B636C #28909D #36BBCC #67CCD8 #98DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#36BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBCC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBCC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0db',
    500: '#36bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbcc;
$custom-light: #84d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7296,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBCC

secondary

#D0958E

accent

#5745E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBCC

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

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