#36BBCD#36BBCD

#36BBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBCD
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -29.04, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 34.86, 213.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0992 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.113 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3063, 40.7291, 64.0100)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBCD #CD4836

analogous

#36CD93 #36BBCD #366FCD

triadic

#36BBCD #CD36BB #BBCD36

tetradic

#36BBCD #9336CD #CD4836 #6FCD36

square

#36BBCD #9336CD #CD4836 #6FCD36

split-complementary

#36BBCD #CD366F #CD9336

monochromatic

#1B646D #27909E #36BBCD #67CCD9 #98DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#36BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBCD

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBCD	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0dc',
    500: '#36bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbcd;
$custom-light: #84d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.152,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBCD

secondary

#D1968E

accent

#5744E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBCD

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

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