#36BCC5#36BCC5

#36BCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCC5
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -31.95, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 35.23, 204.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.1036 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.111 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5781, 40.7784, 59.1246)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCC5 #C53F36

analogous

#36C587 #36BCC5 #3675C5

triadic

#36BCC5 #C536BC #BCC536

tetradic

#36BCC5 #8736C5 #C53F36 #75C536

square

#36BCC5 #8736C5 #C53F36 #75C536

split-complementary

#36BCC5 #C53675 #C58736

monochromatic

#1C6065 #298E95 #36BCC5 #64CDD4 #94DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#36BCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCC5

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCC5	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d6',
    500: '#36bcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcc5;
$custom-light: #83d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.776,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72939,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCC5

secondary

#CD8E8A

accent

#5148E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCC5

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

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