#36C2CC#36C2CC

#36C2CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C2CC
RGB	rgb(54, 194, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -32.73, -15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 36.27, 205.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.1065 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.115 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7073, 43.7237, 63.8834)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C2CC #CC4036

analogous

#36CC8B #36C2CC #3677CC

triadic

#36C2CC #CC36C2 #C2CC36

tetradic

#36C2CC #8B36CC #CC4036 #77CC36

square

#36C2CC #8B36CC #CC4036 #77CC36

split-complementary

#36C2CC #CC3677 #CC8B36

monochromatic

#1B676C #28959D #36C2CC #67D1D8 #98E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#36C2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#36C2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C2CC

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C2CC	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 194, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5db',
    500: '#36c2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c2cc;
$custom-light: #84d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74651,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C2CC

secondary

#D0928E

accent

#5045E3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C2CC

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

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