#36BDD1#36BDD1

#36BDD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.115 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDD1
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 209)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -28.79, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 35.27, 215.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0996 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.115 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2225, 41.7792, 66.7279)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDD1 #D14A36

analogous

#36D198 #36BDD1 #3670D1

triadic

#36BDD1 #D136BD #BDD136

tetradic

#36BDD1 #9836D1 #D14A36 #70D136

square

#36BDD1 #9836D1 #D14A36 #70D136

split-complementary

#36BDD1 #D13670 #D19836

monochromatic

#1A6772 #2694A4 #36BDD1 #68CDDC #9ADEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#36BDD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#36BDD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDD1

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDD1	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.115 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1df',
    500: '#36bdd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdd1;
$custom-light: #84d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73635,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDD1

secondary

#D3988F

accent

#5742E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDD1

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

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