#36C1DA#36C1DA

#36C1DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C1DA
RGB	rgb(54, 193, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -27.97, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 36.21, 219.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0998 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.119 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2407, 43.9821, 73.0536)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C1DA #DA4F36

analogous

#36DAA1 #36C1DA #366FDA

triadic

#36C1DA #DA36C1 #C1DA36

tetradic

#36C1DA #A136DA #DA4F36 #6FDA36

square

#36C1DA #A136DA #DA4F36 #6FDA36

split-complementary

#36C1DA #DA366F #DAA136

monochromatic

#176F7E #219CB2 #36C1DA #6AD1E4 #9DE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#36C1DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#36C1DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C1DA

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C1DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C1DA	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c1da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 193, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4e5',
    500: '#36c1da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c1da;
$custom-light: #86d4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c1da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.146,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74947,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C1DA

secondary

#D99D93

accent

#573CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C1DA

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

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