#36C1CC#36C1CC

#36C1CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C1CC
RGB	rgb(54, 193, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -32.25, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 36.04, 206.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.1055 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.115 203)
XYZ	xyz(31.4855, 43.2800, 63.8095)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C1CC #CC4136

analogous

#36CC8C #36C1CC #3676CC

triadic

#36C1CC #CC36C1 #C1CC36

tetradic

#36C1CC #8C36CC #CC4136 #76CC36

square

#36C1CC #8C36CC #CC4136 #76CC36

split-complementary

#36C1CC #CC3676 #CC8C36

monochromatic

#1B666C #28949D #36C1CC #67D0D8 #98DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#36C1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#36C1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C1CC

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C1CC	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 193, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4db',
    500: '#36c1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c1cc;
$custom-light: #84d4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74409,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.43284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C1CC

secondary

#D0928E

accent

#5145E3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C1CC

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

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