#36BDCB#36BDCB

#36BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDCB
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -30.62, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 35.22, 209.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.102 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.113 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4937, 41.4876, 62.8891)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDCB #CB4436

analogous

#36CB8F #36BDCB #3672CB

triadic

#36BDCB #CB36BD #BDCB36

tetradic

#36BDCB #8F36CB #CB4436 #72CB36

square

#36BDCB #8F36CB #CB4436 #72CB36

split-complementary

#36BDCB #CB3672 #CB8F36

monochromatic

#1C636B #28919C #36BDCB #67CDD8 #97DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#36BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#36BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDCB

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDCB	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 205.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.638,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73405,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDCB

secondary

#D0938D

accent

#5446E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDCB

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

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