#36C4D1#36C4D1

#36C4D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.117 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4D1
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 209)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 6.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -32.18, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 36.49, 208.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.1063 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.117 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7648, 44.8636, 67.2419)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4D1 #D14336

analogous

#36D191 #36C4D1 #3677D1

triadic

#36C4D1 #D136C4 #C4D136

tetradic

#36C4D1 #9136D1 #D14336 #77D136

square

#36C4D1 #9136D1 #D14336 #77D136

split-complementary

#36C4D1 #D13677 #D19136

monochromatic

#1A6B72 #269AA4 #36C4D1 #68D3DC #9AE1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#36C4D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#36C4D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4D1

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4D1	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.117 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6df',
    500: '#36c4d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4d1;
$custom-light: #85d6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.032,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75319,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4D1

secondary

#D3958F

accent

#5042E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4D1

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

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