#36BFD7#36BFD7

#36BFD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36BFD7
RGBrgb(54, 191, 215)
HSLhsl(189, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(189, 75%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74.9%, 11.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.52, -27.92, -22.42)
CIE-LCHlch(71.52, 35.81, 218.77°)
OKLaboklab(74.35% -0.0991 -0.0625)
OKLCHoklch(74.35% 0.117 212.2)
XYZxyz(32.4126, 42.9482, 70.8584)
Luminance0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36BFD7 #D74E36
analogous
#36D79E #36BFD7 #366ED7
triadic
#36BFD7 #D736BF #BFD736
tetradic
#36BFD7 #9E36D7 #D74E36 #6ED736
square
#36BFD7 #9E36D7 #D74E36 #6ED736
split-complementary
#36BFD7 #D7366E #D79E36
monochromatic
#186C7A #2299AD #36BFD7 #69CFE1 #9CE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#36BFD7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59
#36BFD7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BFD7
9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36BFD7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36BFD71.002.199.599.59
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5921.001.001.00
##0000009.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACB8D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96A8D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36bfd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 191, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 212.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2e3',
    500: '#36bfd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36bfd7;
$custom-light: #85d2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36bfd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.944,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74351,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36BFD7
secondary
#D79C92
accent
#583EEA
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#36BFD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva