#36C5CA#36C5CA

#36C5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5CA
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -34.74, -13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 37.19, 200.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.1103 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.116 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1434, 44.9772, 62.8530)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5CA #CA3B36

analogous

#36CA85 #36C5CA #367BCA

triadic

#36C5CA #CA36C5 #C5CA36

tetradic

#36C5CA #8536CA #CA3B36 #7BCA36

square

#36C5CA #8536CA #CA3B36 #7BCA36

split-complementary

#36C5CA #CA367B #CA8536

monochromatic

#1C676A #29969A #36C5CA #66D3D7 #97E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#36C5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#36C5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5CA

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5CA	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7da',
    500: '#36c5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5ca;
$custom-light: #84d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.027,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75306,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5CA

secondary

#CF8F8D

accent

#4C46E1

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5CA

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

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