#36BCC4#36BCC4

#36BCC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCC4
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -32.25, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 35.30, 204.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.104 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.111 201)
XYZ	xyz(29.4639, 40.7327, 58.5232)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCC4 #C43E36

analogous

#36C485 #36BCC4 #3675C4

triadic

#36BCC4 #C436BC #BCC436

tetradic

#36BCC4 #8536C4 #C43E36 #75C436

square

#36BCC4 #8536C4 #C43E36 #75C436

split-complementary

#36BCC4 #C43675 #C48536

monochromatic

#1C6064 #298E94 #36BCC4 #63CED4 #93DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#36BCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCC4

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCC4	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)

#AEB4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d5',
    500: '#36bcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcc4;
$custom-light: #83d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.38,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72902,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.40736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCC4

secondary

#CC8D89

accent

#5048E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCC4

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

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