#36C5CB#36C5CB

#36C5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5CB
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -34.44, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 37.10, 201.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.1098 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.116 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2622, 45.0247, 63.4786)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5CB #CB3C36

analogous

#36CB86 #36C5CB #367ACB

triadic

#36C5CB #CB36C5 #C5CB36

tetradic

#36C5CB #8636CB #CB3C36 #7ACB36

square

#36C5CB #8636CB #CB3C36 #7ACB36

split-complementary

#36C5CB #CB367A #CB8636

monochromatic

#1C686B #28979C #36C5CB #67D3D8 #97E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#36C5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#36C5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5CB

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5CB	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7da',
    500: '#36c5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5cb;
$custom-light: #85d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.416,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75341,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5CB

secondary

#D0908D

accent

#4C46E2

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5CB

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

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