#36BDCD#36BDCD

#36BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDCD
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -30.02, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 35.20, 211.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.1012 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.113 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7335, 41.5836, 64.1524)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDCD #CD4636

analogous

#36CD92 #36BDCD #3671CD

triadic

#36BDCD #CD36BD #BDCD36

tetradic

#36BDCD #9236CD #CD4636 #71CD36

square

#36BDCD #9236CD #CD4636 #71CD36

split-complementary

#36BDCD #CD3671 #CD9236

monochromatic

#1B656D #27929E #36BDCD #67CDD9 #98DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#36BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#36BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDCD

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDCD	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1dc',
    500: '#36bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdcd;
$custom-light: #84d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.358,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73481,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDCD

secondary

#D1958E

accent

#5544E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDCD

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

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