#36BDC1#36BDC1

#36BDC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDC1
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -33.61, -12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 35.82, 200.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.1063 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.112 198)
XYZ	xyz(29.3402, 41.0262, 56.8143)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDC1 #C13A36

analogous

#36C17F #36BDC1 #3677C1

triadic

#36BDC1 #C136BD #BDC136

tetradic

#36BDC1 #7F36C1 #C13A36 #77C136

square

#36BDC1 #7F36C1 #C13A36 #77C136

split-complementary

#36BDC1 #C13677 #C17F36

monochromatic

#1B5F61 #298E91 #36BDC1 #61D0D3 #91DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BDC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#36BDC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDC1

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDC1	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d3',
    500: '#36bdc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdc1;
$custom-light: #83d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.727,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73037,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.4103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDC1

secondary

#CB8A88

accent

#4D48E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDC1

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

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