#36BFCC#36BFCC

#36BFCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFCC
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -31.29, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 35.60, 208.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.1036 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.114 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0464, 42.4018, 63.6631)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFCC #CC4336

analogous

#36CC8E #36BFCC #3674CC

triadic

#36BFCC #CC36BF #BFCC36

tetradic

#36BFCC #8E36CC #CC4336 #74CC36

square

#36BFCC #8E36CC #CC4336 #74CC36

split-complementary

#36BFCC #CC3674 #CC8E36

monochromatic

#1B656C #28939D #36BFCC #67CFD8 #98DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#36BFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#36BFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFCC

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFCC	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2db',
    500: '#36bfcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfcc;
$custom-light: #84d2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73926,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFCC

secondary

#D0938E

accent

#5345E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFCC

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

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