#36BDC0#36BDC0

#36BDC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDC0
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -33.90, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 35.93, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.1067 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.112 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2290, 40.9818, 56.2287)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDC0 #C03936

analogous

#36C07E #36BDC0 #3678C0

triadic

#36BDC0 #C036BD #BDC036

tetradic

#36BDC0 #7E36C0 #C03936 #78C036

square

#36BDC0 #7E36C0 #C03936 #78C036

split-complementary

#36BDC0 #C03678 #C07E36

monochromatic

#1B5F60 #298E90 #36BDC0 #61D0D2 #90DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BDC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#36BDC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDC0

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDC0	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)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d3',
    500: '#36bdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdc0;
$custom-light: #83d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73002,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDC0

secondary

#CB8987

accent

#4C48DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDC0

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

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