#36BCD3#36BCD3

#36BCD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.115 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BCD3
RGB	rgb(54, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -27.68, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 35.24, 218.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0978 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.115 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2573, 41.4501, 67.9687)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BCD3 #D34D36

analogous

#36D39C #36BCD3 #366ED3

triadic

#36BCD3 #D336BC #BCD336

tetradic

#36BCD3 #9C36D3 #D34D36 #6ED336

square

#36BCD3 #9C36D3 #D34D36 #6ED336

split-complementary

#36BCD3 #D3366E #D39C36

monochromatic

#1A6875 #2594A7 #36BCD3 #68CDDE #9ADDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#36BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#36BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BCD3

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BCD3	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.115 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0e0',
    500: '#36bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bcd3;
$custom-light: #84d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.79,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BCD3

secondary

#D59A90

accent

#5941E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BCD3

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

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