#36BCCA#36BCCA

#36BCCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCCA
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -30.44, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 35.04, 209.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1015 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.112 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1605, 41.0114, 62.1921)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCCA #CA4436

analogous

#36CA8E #36BCCA #3672CA

triadic

#36BCCA #CA36BC #BCCA36

tetradic

#36BCCA #8E36CA #CA4436 #72CA36

square

#36BCCA #8E36CA #CA4436 #72CA36

split-complementary

#36BCCA #CA3672 #CA8E36

monochromatic

#1C626A #298F9A #36BCCA #66CCD7 #97DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BCCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#36BCCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCCA

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCCA	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0da',
    500: '#36bcca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcca;
$custom-light: #83d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.676,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73125,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCCA

secondary

#CF938D

accent

#5546E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCCA

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

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