#36C4D8#36C4D8

#36C4D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4D8
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 9.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -30.06, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 36.47, 214.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1034 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.118 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6505, 45.2179, 71.9068)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4D8 #D84A36

analogous

#36D89B #36C4D8 #3673D8

triadic

#36C4D8 #D836C4 #C4D836

tetradic

#36C4D8 #9B36D8 #D84A36 #73D836

square

#36C4D8 #9B36D8 #D84A36 #73D836

split-complementary

#36C4D8 #D83673 #D89B36

monochromatic

#186F7C #229DAF #36C4D8 #69D3E2 #9DE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#36C4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#36C4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4D8

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4D8	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6e4',
    500: '#36c4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4d8;
$custom-light: #86d6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.407,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75585,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4D8

secondary

#D89B92

accent

#533DEA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4D8

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

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