#36BDD7#36BDD7

#36BDD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDD7
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 215)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -26.93, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 35.62, 220.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0971 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.117 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9794, 42.0819, 70.7140)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDD7 #D75036

analogous

#36D7A0 #36BDD7 #366DD7

triadic

#36BDD7 #D736BD #BDD736

tetradic

#36BDD7 #A036D7 #D75036 #6DD736

square

#36BDD7 #A036D7 #D75036 #6DD736

split-complementary

#36BDD7 #D7366D #D7A036

monochromatic

#186A7A #2297AD #36BDD7 #69CEE1 #9CDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#36BDD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#36BDD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDD7

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDD7	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1e3',
    500: '#36bdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdd7;
$custom-light: #85d1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.689,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDD7

secondary

#D79D92

accent

#5A3EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDD7

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

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