#36BEC8#36BEC8

#36BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEC8
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -32.01, -15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 35.54, 205.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.1043 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.113 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3555, 41.7777, 61.0964)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEC8 #C84036

analogous

#36C889 #36BEC8 #3675C8

triadic

#36BEC8 #C836BE #BEC836

tetradic

#36BEC8 #8936C8 #C84036 #75C836

square

#36BEC8 #8936C8 #C84036 #75C836

split-complementary

#36BEC8 #C83675 #C88936

monochromatic

#1C6268 #299098 #36BEC8 #66CED6 #96DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#36BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#36BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEC8

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEC8	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)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d8',
    500: '#36bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bec8;
$custom-light: #83d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.11,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73535,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEC8

secondary

#CE908C

accent

#5247E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEC8

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

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