#36BDC6#36BDC6

#36BDC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDC6
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 198)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 4.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -32.13, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 35.42, 204.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.1041 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.112 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9074, 41.2531, 59.8015)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDC6 #C63F36

analogous

#36C687 #36BDC6 #3675C6

triadic

#36BDC6 #C636BD #BDC636

tetradic

#36BDC6 #8736C6 #C63F36 #75C636

square

#36BDC6 #8736C6 #C63F36 #75C636

split-complementary

#36BDC6 #C63675 #C68736

monochromatic

#1C6166 #298F96 #36BDC6 #64CED5 #94DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#36BDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#36BDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDC6

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDC6	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d7',
    500: '#36bdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdc6;
$custom-light: #83d1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73218,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDC6

secondary

#CD8F8B

accent

#5147E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDC6

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

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