#36BDC9#36BDC9

#36BDC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDC9
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -31.23, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 35.27, 207.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.1029 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.113 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2569, 41.3929, 61.6420)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDC9 #C94236

analogous

#36C98C #36BDC9 #3673C9

triadic

#36BDC9 #C936BD #BDC936

tetradic

#36BDC9 #8C36C9 #C94236 #73C936

square

#36BDC9 #8C36C9 #C94236 #73C936

split-complementary

#36BDC9 #C93673 #C98C36

monochromatic

#1C6269 #299099 #36BDC9 #66CDD6 #96DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#36BDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#36BDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDC9

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDC9	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d9',
    500: '#36bdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdc9;
$custom-light: #83d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.898,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7333,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDC9

secondary

#CE928C

accent

#5347E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDC9

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

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