#36BED7#36BED7

#36BED7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BED7
RGB	rgb(54, 190, 215)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -27.42, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 35.71, 219.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0981 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.117 213)
XYZ	xyz(32.1952, 42.5136, 70.7859)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BED7 #D74F36

analogous

#36D7A0 #36BED7 #366DD7

triadic

#36BED7 #D736BE #BED736

tetradic

#36BED7 #A036D7 #D74F36 #6DD736

square

#36BED7 #A036D7 #D74F36 #6DD736

split-complementary

#36BED7 #D7366D #D7A036

monochromatic

#186B7A #2298AD #36BED7 #69CFE1 #9CDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#36BED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#36BED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BED7

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BED7	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 190, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2e3',
    500: '#36bed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bed7;
$custom-light: #85d2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.317,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74112,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.42517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BED7

secondary

#D79C92

accent

#593EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BED7

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

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