#36BFCB#36BFCB

#36BFCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFCB
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -31.59, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 35.63, 207.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.104 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.114 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9268, 42.3540, 63.0335)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFCB #CB4236

analogous

#36CB8C #36BFCB #3675CB

triadic

#36BFCB #CB36BF #BFCB36

tetradic

#36BFCB #8C36CB #CB4236 #75CB36

square

#36BFCB #8C36CB #CB4236 #75CB36

split-complementary

#36BFCB #CB3675 #CB8C36

monochromatic

#1C656B #28929C #36BFCB #67CED8 #97DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#36BFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#36BFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFCB

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFCB	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 203.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.832,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73889,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFCB

secondary

#D0938D

accent

#5246E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFCB

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

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