#36BED1#36BED1

#36BED1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.115 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BED1
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 209)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 9.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -29.28, -19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 35.41, 214.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.1005 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.115 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4384, 42.2108, 66.7998)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BED1 #D14936

analogous

#36D197 #36BED1 #3671D1

triadic

#36BED1 #D136BE #BED136

tetradic

#36BED1 #9736D1 #D14936 #71D136

square

#36BED1 #9736D1 #D14936 #71D136

split-complementary

#36BED1 #D13671 #D19736

monochromatic

#1A6872 #2695A4 #36BED1 #68CEDC #9ADEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#36BED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#36BED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BED1

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BED1	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.115 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2df',
    500: '#36bed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bed1;
$custom-light: #84d2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.355,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73876,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BED1

secondary

#D3988F

accent

#5642E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BED1

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

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