#36C4D3#36C4D3

#36C4D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4D3
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 211)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -31.58, -18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 36.45, 209.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.1055 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.117 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0139, 44.9633, 68.5542)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4D3 #D34536

analogous

#36D393 #36C4D3 #3676D3

triadic

#36C4D3 #D336C4 #C4D336

tetradic

#36C4D3 #9336D3 #D34536 #76D336

square

#36C4D3 #9336D3 #D34536 #76D336

split-complementary

#36C4D3 #D33676 #D39336

monochromatic

#1A6C75 #259BA7 #36C4D3 #68D3DE #9AE1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#36C4D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#36C4D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4D3

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4D3	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6e0',
    500: '#36c4d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4d3;
$custom-light: #85d6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.732,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75394,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4D3

secondary

#D59790

accent

#5141E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4D3

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

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