#36BDC8#36BDC8

#36BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.112 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDC8
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -31.53, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 35.31, 206.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.1033 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.112 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1396, 41.3460, 61.0245)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDC8 #C84136

analogous

#36C88A #36BDC8 #3674C8

triadic

#36BDC8 #C836BD #BDC836

tetradic

#36BDC8 #8A36C8 #C84136 #74C836

square

#36BDC8 #8A36C8 #C84136 #74C836

split-complementary

#36BDC8 #C83674 #C88A36

monochromatic

#1C6268 #298F98 #36BDC8 #66CDD6 #96DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#36BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#36BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDC8

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDC8	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.112 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d8',
    500: '#36bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdc8;
$custom-light: #83d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.521,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDC8

secondary

#CE918C

accent

#5347E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDC8

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

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