#36BCC1#36BCC1

#36BCC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCC1
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -33.13, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 35.54, 201.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.1053 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.111 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1259, 40.5975, 56.7428)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCC1 #C13B36

analogous

#36C180 #36BCC1 #3676C1

triadic

#36BCC1 #C136BC #BCC136

tetradic

#36BCC1 #8036C1 #C13B36 #76C136

square

#36BCC1 #8036C1 #C13B36 #76C136

split-complementary

#36BCC1 #C13676 #C18036

monochromatic

#1B5F61 #298D91 #36BCC1 #61CFD3 #91DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BCC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#36BCC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCC1

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCC1	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d3',
    500: '#36bcc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcc1;
$custom-light: #83d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.158,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72793,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCC1

secondary

#CB8A88

accent

#4E48E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCC1

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

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