#36BCC9#36BCC9

#36BCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCC9
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -30.75, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 35.06, 208.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.1019 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.112 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0425, 40.9642, 61.5705)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCC9 #C94336

analogous

#36C98C #36BCC9 #3673C9

triadic

#36BCC9 #C936BC #BCC936

tetradic

#36BCC9 #8C36C9 #C94336 #73C936

square

#36BCC9 #8C36C9 #C94336 #73C936

split-complementary

#36BCC9 #C93673 #C98C36

monochromatic

#1C6269 #298F99 #36BCC9 #66CCD6 #96DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#36BCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCC9

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCC9	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d9',
    500: '#36bcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcc9;
$custom-light: #83d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.306,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73087,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCC9

secondary

#CE928C

accent

#5547E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCC9

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

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