#36CBDD#36CBDD

#36CBDD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.122 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CBDD
RGB	rgb(54, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -31.91, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 37.64, 212.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.1081 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.122 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9227, 48.7122, 75.9017)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CBDD #DD4836

analogous

#36DD9C #36CBDD #3678DD

triadic

#36CBDD #DD36CB #CBDD36

tetradic

#36CBDD #9C36DD #DD4836 #78DD36

square

#36CBDD #9C36DD #DD4836 #78DD36

split-complementary

#36CBDD #DD3678 #DD9C36

monochromatic

#167783 #1FA6B7 #36CBDD #6AD9E6 #9FE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#36CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#36CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CBDD

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CBDD	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.122 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbe7',
    500: '#36cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cbdd;
$custom-light: #87dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.467,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77448,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CBDD

secondary

#DB9B94

accent

#4D3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FBFC

border

#CBD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CBDD

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

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