#36BFC8#36BFC8

#36BFC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFC8
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 4.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -32.49, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 35.78, 204.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.1052 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.113 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5728, 42.2123, 61.1689)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFC8 #C83F36

analogous

#36C888 #36BFC8 #3676C8

triadic

#36BFC8 #C836BF #BFC836

tetradic

#36BFC8 #8836C8 #C83F36 #76C836

square

#36BFC8 #8836C8 #C83F36 #76C836

split-complementary

#36BFC8 #C83676 #C88836

monochromatic

#1C6368 #299198 #36BFC8 #66CFD6 #96DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#36BFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#36BFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFC8

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFC8	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)

#B0B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d8',
    500: '#36bfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfc8;
$custom-light: #84d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.699,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFC8

secondary

#CE908C

accent

#5147E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFC8

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

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