#36BCCD#36BCCD

#36BCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCCD
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -29.53, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 35.03, 212.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.1002 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.113 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5192, 41.1548, 64.0810)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCCD #CD4736

analogous

#36CD92 #36BCCD #3670CD

triadic

#36BCCD #CD36BC #BCCD36

tetradic

#36BCCD #9236CD #CD4736 #70CD36

square

#36BCCD #9236CD #CD4736 #70CD36

split-complementary

#36BCCD #CD3670 #CD9236

monochromatic

#1B646D #27919E #36BCCD #67CCD9 #98DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#36BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#36BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCCD

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCCD	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0dc',
    500: '#36bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bccd;
$custom-light: #84d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.755,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7324,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCCD

secondary

#D1958E

accent

#5644E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCCD

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

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