#36BECB#36BECB

#36BECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BECB
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -31.11, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 35.42, 208.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.103 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.113 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7095, 41.9193, 62.9611)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BECB #CB4336

analogous

#36CB8D #36BECB #3673CB

triadic

#36BECB #CB36BE #BECB36

tetradic

#36BECB #8D36CB #CB4336 #73CB36

square

#36BECB #8D36CB #CB4336 #73CB36

split-complementary

#36BECB #CB3673 #CB8D36

monochromatic

#1C646B #28919C #36BECB #67CED8 #97DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#36BECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#36BECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BECB

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BECB	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36becb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2da',
    500: '#36becb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36becb;
$custom-light: #84d2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36becb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.235,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73647,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BECB

secondary

#D0938D

accent

#5346E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BECB

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

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