#36C2CB#36C2CB

#36C2CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C2CB
RGB	rgb(54, 194, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -33.02, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 36.33, 204.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.1069 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.115 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5878, 43.6758, 63.2538)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C2CB #CB3F36

analogous

#36CB89 #36C2CB #3678CB

triadic

#36C2CB #CB36C2 #C2CB36

tetradic

#36C2CB #8936CB #CB3F36 #78CB36

square

#36C2CB #8936CB #CB3F36 #78CB36

split-complementary

#36C2CB #CB3678 #CB8936

monochromatic

#1C666B #28959C #36C2CB #67D1D8 #97E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#36C2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#36C2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C2CB

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C2CB	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 194, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5da',
    500: '#36c2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c2cb;
$custom-light: #84d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.624,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74615,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C2CB

secondary

#D0918D

accent

#4F46E2

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C2CB

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

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