#36C0CD#36C0CD

#36C0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C0CD
RGB	rgb(54, 192, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -31.47, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 35.78, 208.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.1041 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.114 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3855, 42.8875, 64.3698)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C0CD #CD4336

analogous

#36CD8F #36C0CD #3674CD

triadic

#36C0CD #CD36C0 #C0CD36

tetradic

#36C0CD #8F36CD #CD4336 #74CD36

square

#36C0CD #8F36CD #CD4336 #74CD36

split-complementary

#36C0CD #CD3674 #CD8F36

monochromatic

#1B666D #27949E #36C0CD #67CFD9 #98DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#36C0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#36C0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C0CD

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C0CD	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 192, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3dc',
    500: '#36c0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c0cd;
$custom-light: #84d3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.166,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74205,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C0CD

secondary

#D1948E

accent

#5244E3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C0CD

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

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