#36BDC4#36BDC4

#36BDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDC4
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -32.72, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 35.55, 203.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.105 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.112 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6783, 41.1614, 58.5946)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDC4 #C43D36

analogous

#36C484 #36BDC4 #3676C4

triadic

#36BDC4 #C436BD #BDC436

tetradic

#36BDC4 #8436C4 #C43D36 #76C436

square

#36BDC4 #8436C4 #C43D36 #76C436

split-complementary

#36BDC4 #C43676 #C48436

monochromatic

#1C6064 #298F94 #36BDC4 #63CED4 #93DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#36BDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#36BDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDC4

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDC4	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d5',
    500: '#36bdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdc4;
$custom-light: #83d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.958,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73145,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDC4

secondary

#CC8D89

accent

#4F48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDC4

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

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