#36BDCF#36BDCF

#36BDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDCF
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -29.41, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 35.22, 213.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.1004 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.114 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9765, 41.6807, 65.4320)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDCF #CF4836

analogous

#36CF94 #36BDCF #3670CF

triadic

#36BDCF #CF36BD #BDCF36

tetradic

#36BDCF #9436CF #CF4836 #70CF36

square

#36BDCF #9436CF #CF4836 #70CF36

split-complementary

#36BDCF #CF3670 #CF9436

monochromatic

#1B6670 #2793A1 #36BDCF #67CDDB #99DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#36BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#36BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDCF

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDCF	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1dd',
    500: '#36bdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdcf;
$custom-light: #84d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73558,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDCF

secondary

#D2978F

accent

#5643E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDCF

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

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