#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
RGBrgb(54, 189, 200)
HSLhsl(185, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(185, 73%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(73%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.42, -31.53, -15.90)
CIE-LCHlch(70.42, 35.31, 206.76°)
OKLaboklab(73.29% -0.1033 -0.0442)
OKLCHoklch(73.29% 0.112 203.2)
XYZxyz(30.1396, 41.3460, 61.0245)
Luminance0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36BDC81.002.279.279.27
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2721.001.001.00
##0000009.2721.001.001.00

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

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#36BDC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva