#36BFD3#36BFD3

#36BFD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BFD3
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 211)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -29.15, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 35.61, 215.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.1007 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.116 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9049, 42.7452, 68.1845)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BFD3 #D34A36

analogous

#36D398 #36BFD3 #3671D3

triadic

#36BFD3 #D336BF #BFD336

tetradic

#36BFD3 #9836D3 #D34A36 #71D336

square

#36BFD3 #9836D3 #D34A36 #71D336

split-complementary

#36BFD3 #D33671 #D39836

monochromatic

#1A6975 #2597A7 #36BFD3 #68CFDE #9ADFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#36BFD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#36BFD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFD3

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BFD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BFD3	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bfd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2e0',
    500: '#36bfd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bfd3;
$custom-light: #85d2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bfd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.643,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BFD3

secondary

#D59990

accent

#5641E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BFD3

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

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