#36BECD#36BECD

#36BECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.114 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BECD
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -30.50, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 35.38, 210.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.1022 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.114 206)
XYZ	xyz(30.9494, 42.0152, 64.2244)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BECD #CD4536

analogous

#36CD90 #36BECD #3672CD

triadic

#36BECD #CD36BE #BECD36

tetradic

#36BECD #9036CD #CD4536 #72CD36

square

#36BECD #9036CD #CD4536 #72CD36

split-complementary

#36BECD #CD3672 #CD9036

monochromatic

#1B656D #27939E #36BECD #67CED9 #98DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#36BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#36BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BECD

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BECD	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.114 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2dc',
    500: '#36becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36becd;
$custom-light: #84d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.96,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73722,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.42019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BECD

secondary

#D1958E

accent

#5444E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BECD

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

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