#36BDC3#36BDC3

#36BDC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDC3
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 195)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -33.02, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 35.64, 202.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.1054 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.112 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5648, 41.1161, 57.9972)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDC3 #C33C36

analogous

#36C383 #36BDC3 #3677C3

triadic

#36BDC3 #C336BD #BDC336

tetradic

#36BDC3 #8336C3 #C33C36 #77C336

square

#36BDC3 #8336C3 #C33C36 #77C336

split-complementary

#36BDC3 #C33677 #C38336

monochromatic

#1B6063 #298F93 #36BDC3 #63CFD4 #92DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#36BDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#36BDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDC3

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDC3	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)

#AFB4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d5',
    500: '#36bdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdc3;
$custom-light: #83d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.553,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73109,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDC3

secondary

#CC8C89

accent

#4E48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDC3

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

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