#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
RGBrgb(54, 189, 215)
HSLhsl(190, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(190, 75%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.93, -26.93, -23.32)
CIE-LCHlch(70.93, 35.62, 220.90°)
OKLaboklab(73.87% -0.0971 -0.065)
OKLCHoklch(73.87% 0.117 213.8)
XYZxyz(31.9794, 42.0819, 70.7140)
Luminance0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36BDD71.002.239.429.42
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4221.001.001.00
##0000009.4221.001.001.00

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

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#36BDD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva