#36BDC2#36BDC2

#36BDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDC2
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -33.31, -12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 35.73, 201.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.1058 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.112 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4521, 41.0710, 57.4037)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDC2 #C23B36

analogous

#36C281 #36BDC2 #3677C2

triadic

#36BDC2 #C236BD #BDC236

tetradic

#36BDC2 #8136C2 #C23B36 #77C236

square

#36BDC2 #8136C2 #C23B36 #77C236

split-complementary

#36BDC2 #C23677 #C28136

monochromatic

#1B6062 #298E92 #36BDC2 #62CFD3 #92DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#36BDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDC2

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDC2	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d4',
    500: '#36bdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdc2;
$custom-light: #83d1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73073,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDC2

secondary

#CC8B88

accent

#4D48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDC2

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

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