#36C4D0#36C4D0

#36C4D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4D0
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 208)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 5.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -32.48, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 36.53, 207.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.1067 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.116 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6414, 44.8142, 66.5920)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4D0 #D04236

analogous

#36D08F #36C4D0 #3677D0

triadic

#36C4D0 #D036C4 #C4D036

tetradic

#36C4D0 #8F36D0 #D04236 #77D036

square

#36C4D0 #8F36D0 #D04236 #77D036

split-complementary

#36C4D0 #D03677 #D08F36

monochromatic

#1A6A71 #2699A3 #36C4D0 #68D3DC #99E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#36C4D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#36C4D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4D0

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4D0	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6de',
    500: '#36c4d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4d0;
$custom-light: #85d6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.675,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75282,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4D0

secondary

#D3948F

accent

#4F43E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4D0

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

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