#36CBDB#36CBDB

#36CBDB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.121 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CBDB
RGB	rgb(54, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -32.51, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 37.65, 210.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.1089 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.121 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6578, 48.6063, 74.5067)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CBDB #DB4636

analogous

#36DB98 #36CBDB #3678DB

triadic

#36CBDB #DB36CB #CBDB36

tetradic

#36CBDB #9836DB #DB4636 #78DB36

square

#36CBDB #9836DB #DB4636 #78DB36

split-complementary

#36CBDB #DB3678 #DB9836

monochromatic

#177680 #20A5B4 #36CBDB #6AD8E4 #9EE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#36CBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#36CBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CBDB

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CBDB	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.121 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbe6',
    500: '#36cbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cbdb;
$custom-light: #87dbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.818,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77372,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CBDB

secondary

#DA9A93

accent

#4D3BEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FBFC

border

#CBD4D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CBDB

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

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