#36BEC5#36BEC5

#36BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEC5
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -32.90, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 35.74, 202.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.1055 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.112 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0083, 41.6388, 59.2680)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEC5 #C53D36

analogous

#36C585 #36BEC5 #3677C5

triadic

#36BEC5 #C536BE #BEC536

tetradic

#36BEC5 #8536C5 #C53D36 #77C536

square

#36BEC5 #8536C5 #C53D36 #77C536

split-complementary

#36BEC5 #C53677 #C58536

monochromatic

#1C6165 #299095 #36BEC5 #64CFD4 #94DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#36BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#36BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEC5

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEC5	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d6',
    500: '#36bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bec5;
$custom-light: #83d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.937,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73425,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEC5

secondary

#CD8D8A

accent

#4F48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEC5

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

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