#36C3D3#36C3D3

#36C3D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C3D3
RGB	rgb(54, 195, 211)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -31.10, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 36.26, 210.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.1045 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.117 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7891, 44.5137, 68.4793)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C3D3 #D34636

analogous

#36D395 #36C3D3 #3674D3

triadic

#36C3D3 #D336C3 #C3D336

tetradic

#36C3D3 #9536D3 #D34636 #74D336

square

#36C3D3 #9536D3 #D34636 #74D336

split-complementary

#36C3D3 #D33674 #D39536

monochromatic

#1A6C75 #259AA7 #36C3D3 #68D2DE #9AE1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#36C3D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#36C3D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C3D3

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C3D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C3D3	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c3d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 195, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5e0',
    500: '#36c3d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c3d3;
$custom-light: #85d5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c3d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.115,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75154,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C3D3

secondary

#D59790

accent

#5241E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C3D3

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

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