#36C1CD#36C1CD

#36C1CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C1CD
RGB	rgb(54, 193, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 5.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -31.95, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 35.99, 207.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.1051 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.115 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6058, 43.3282, 64.4432)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C1CD #CD4236

analogous

#36CD8D #36C1CD #3675CD

triadic

#36C1CD #CD36C1 #C1CD36

tetradic

#36C1CD #8D36CD #CD4236 #75CD36

square

#36C1CD #8D36CD #CD4236 #75CD36

split-complementary

#36C1CD #CD3675 #CD8D36

monochromatic

#1B676D #27959E #36C1CD #67D0D9 #98DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#36C1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#36C1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C1CD

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C1CD	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 193, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4dc',
    500: '#36c1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c1cd;
$custom-light: #84d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.768,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C1CD

secondary

#D1938E

accent

#5144E3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C1CD

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

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