#36C0CC#36C0CC

#36C0CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C0CC
RGB	rgb(54, 192, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -31.77, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 35.81, 207.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.1045 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.114 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2652, 42.8394, 63.7361)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C0CC #CC4236

analogous

#36CC8D #36C0CC #3675CC

triadic

#36C0CC #CC36C0 #C0CC36

tetradic

#36C0CC #8D36CC #CC4236 #75CC36

square

#36C0CC #8D36CC #CC4236 #75CC36

split-complementary

#36C0CC #CC3675 #CC8D36

monochromatic

#1B666C #28949D #36C0CC #67CFD8 #98DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#36C0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#36C0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C0CC

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C0CC	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 192, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3db',
    500: '#36c0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c0cc;
$custom-light: #84d3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74168,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C0CC

secondary

#D0938E

accent

#5245E3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C0CC

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

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