#36BBD0#36BBD0

#36BBD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36BBD0
RGBrgb(54, 187, 208)
HSLhsl(188, 62%, 51%)
HSVhsv(188, 74%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(70.09, -28.12, -20.78)
CIE-LCHlch(70.09, 34.96, 216.46°)
OKLaboklab(73.11% -0.098 -0.0578)
OKLCHoklch(73.11% 0.114 210.5)
XYZxyz(30.6719, 40.8753, 65.9355)
Luminance0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36BBD0 #D04B36
analogous
#36D098 #36BBD0 #366ED0
triadic
#36BBD0 #D036BB #BBD036
tetradic
#36BBD0 #9836D0 #D04B36 #6ED036
square
#36BBD0 #9836D0 #D04B36 #6ED036
split-complementary
#36BBD0 #D0366E #D09836
monochromatic
#1A6571 #2692A3 #36BBD0 #68CCDC #99DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#36BBD0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18
#36BBD0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBD0
9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36BBD0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36BBD01.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAB4D1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94A5D0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36bbd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 210.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfde',
    500: '#36bbd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36bbd0;
$custom-light: #84cfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36bbd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36BBD0
secondary
#D3988F
accent
#5943E5
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBD0

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#36BBD0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva