#36BDCC#36BDCC

#36BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDCC
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -30.32, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 35.21, 210.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.1016 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.113 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6132, 41.5354, 63.5187)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDCC #CC4536

analogous

#36CC90 #36BDCC #3672CC

triadic

#36BDCC #CC36BD #BDCC36

tetradic

#36BDCC #9036CC #CC4536 #72CC36

square

#36BDCC #9036CC #CC4536 #72CC36

split-complementary

#36BDCC #CC3672 #CC9036

monochromatic

#1B646C #28919D #36BDCC #67CDD8 #98DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#36BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#36BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDCC

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDCC	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1db',
    500: '#36bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdcc;
$custom-light: #84d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73443,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDCC

secondary

#D0948E

accent

#5545E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDCC

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

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