#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
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -28.12, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 34.96, 216.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.098 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.114 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6719, 40.8753, 65.9355)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36BBD0	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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