#36BEC9#36BEC9

#36BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BEC9
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -31.71, -15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 35.49, 206.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.1038 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.113 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4727, 41.8246, 61.7139)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BEC9 #C94136

analogous

#36C98B #36BEC9 #3674C9

triadic

#36BEC9 #C936BE #BEC936

tetradic

#36BEC9 #8B36C9 #C94136 #74C936

square

#36BEC9 #8B36C9 #C94136 #74C936

split-complementary

#36BEC9 #C93674 #C98B36

monochromatic

#1C6369 #299099 #36BEC9 #66CED6 #96DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#36BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#36BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BEC9

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BEC9	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d9',
    500: '#36bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bec9;
$custom-light: #84d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.49,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73572,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BEC9

secondary

#CE918C

accent

#5247E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BEC9

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

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