#36BFD1#36BFD1

#36BFD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFD1
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 209)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -29.77, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 35.57, 213.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.1015 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.115 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6557, 42.6455, 66.8723)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFD1 #D14836

analogous

#36D196 #36BFD1 #3672D1

triadic

#36BFD1 #D136BF #BFD136

tetradic

#36BFD1 #9636D1 #D14836 #72D136

square

#36BFD1 #9636D1 #D14836 #72D136

split-complementary

#36BFD1 #D13672 #D19636

monochromatic

#1A6872 #2696A4 #36BFD1 #68CFDC #9ADFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#36BFD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#36BFD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFD1

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFD1	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2df',
    500: '#36bfd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfd1;
$custom-light: #85d2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.968,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74116,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFD1

secondary

#D3978F

accent

#5542E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFD1

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

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