#36BDCA#36BDCA

#36BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDCA
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -30.93, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 35.24, 208.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.1024 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.113 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3749, 41.4401, 62.2635)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDCA #CA4336

analogous

#36CA8D #36BDCA #3673CA

triadic

#36BDCA #CA36BD #BDCA36

tetradic

#36BDCA #8D36CA #CA4336 #73CA36

square

#36BDCA #8D36CA #CA4336 #73CA36

split-complementary

#36BDCA #CA3673 #CA8D36

monochromatic

#1C636A #29909A #36BDCA #66CDD7 #97DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#36BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#36BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDCA

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDCA	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1da',
    500: '#36bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdca;
$custom-light: #84d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.27,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73367,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDCA

secondary

#CF938D

accent

#5446E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDCA

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

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