#36BCD1#36BCD1

#36BCD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCD1
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 209)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 10%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -28.30, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 35.13, 216.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0986 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.114 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0082, 41.3504, 66.6564)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCD1 #D14B36

analogous

#36D199 #36BCD1 #366FD1

triadic

#36BCD1 #D136BC #BCD136

tetradic

#36BCD1 #9936D1 #D14B36 #6FD136

square

#36BCD1 #9936D1 #D14B36 #6FD136

split-complementary

#36BCD1 #D1366F #D19936

monochromatic

#1A6672 #2693A4 #36BCD1 #68CDDC #9ADDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#36BCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#36BCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCD1

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCD1	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0df',
    500: '#36bcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcd1;
$custom-light: #84d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.129,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73395,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCD1

secondary

#D3998F

accent

#5842E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCD1

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

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