#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
RGB	rgb(54, 191, 215)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 11.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -27.92, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 35.81, 218.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0991 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.117 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4126, 42.9482, 70.8584)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36BFD7	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #36BFD7

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

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