#36BDC5#36BDC5

#36BDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDC5
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -32.43, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 35.48, 203.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.1046 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.112 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7925, 41.2071, 59.1961)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDC5 #C53E36

analogous

#36C586 #36BDC5 #3675C5

triadic

#36BDC5 #C536BD #BDC536

tetradic

#36BDC5 #8636C5 #C53E36 #75C536

square

#36BDC5 #8636C5 #C53E36 #75C536

split-complementary

#36BDC5 #C53675 #C58636

monochromatic

#1C6165 #298F95 #36BDC5 #64CED4 #94DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#36BDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#36BDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDC5

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDC5	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d6',
    500: '#36bdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdc5;
$custom-light: #83d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.357,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73182,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDC5

secondary

#CD8E8A

accent

#5048E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDC5

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

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