#36C3CD#36C3CD

#36C3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C3CD
RGB	rgb(54, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -32.90, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 36.45, 205.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.107 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0510, 44.2184, 64.5916)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C3CD #CD4036

analogous

#36CD8C #36C3CD #3677CD

triadic

#36C3CD #CD36C3 #C3CD36

tetradic

#36C3CD #8C36CD #CD4036 #77CD36

square

#36C3CD #8C36CD #CD4036 #77CD36

split-complementary

#36C3CD #CD3677 #CD8C36

monochromatic

#1B686D #27979E #36C3CD #67D2D9 #98E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#36C3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#36C3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C3CD

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C3CD	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5dc',
    500: '#36c3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c3cd;
$custom-light: #85d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.974,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7493,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C3CD

secondary

#D1928E

accent

#4F44E3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C3CD

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

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