#36C4DB#36C4DB

#36C4DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.119 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C4DB
RGB	rgb(54, 196, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -29.13, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 36.58, 217.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.1022 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.119 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0419, 45.3745, 73.9681)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C4DB #DB4D36

analogous

#36DBA0 #36C4DB #3671DB

triadic

#36C4DB #DB36C4 #C4DB36

tetradic

#36C4DB #A036DB #DB4D36 #71DB36

square

#36C4DB #A036DB #DB4D36 #71DB36

split-complementary

#36C4DB #DB3671 #DBA036

monochromatic

#177180 #209FB4 #36C4DB #6AD3E4 #9EE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#36C4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#36C4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C4DB

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C4DB	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 196, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.119 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6e6',
    500: '#36c4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c4db;
$custom-light: #86d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.364,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75702,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C4DB

secondary

#DA9D93

accent

#543BEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C4DB

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

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