#36C4CC#36C4CC

#36C4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4CC
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -33.68, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 36.76, 203.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.1084 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.116 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1554, 44.6199, 64.0328)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4CC #CC3E36

analogous

#36CC89 #36C4CC #3679CC

triadic

#36C4CC #CC36C4 #C4CC36

tetradic

#36C4CC #8936CC #CC3E36 #79CC36

square

#36C4CC #8936CC #CC3E36 #79CC36

split-complementary

#36C4CC #CC3679 #CC8936

monochromatic

#1B686C #28979D #36C4CC #67D2D8 #98E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#36C4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#36C4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4CC

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4CC	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6db',
    500: '#36c4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4cc;
$custom-light: #85d6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75135,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4CC

secondary

#D0918E

accent

#4E45E3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4CC

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

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