#36C5CC#36C5CC

#36C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5CC
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -34.15, -14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 37.01, 202.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.1094 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.116 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3818, 45.0725, 64.1083)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5CC #CC3D36

analogous

#36CC88 #36C5CC #367ACC

triadic

#36C5CC #CC36C5 #C5CC36

tetradic

#36C5CC #8836CC #CC3D36 #7ACC36

square

#36C5CC #8836CC #CC3D36 #7ACC36

split-complementary

#36C5CC #CC367A #CC8836

monochromatic

#1B686C #28989D #36C5CC #67D3D8 #98E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#36C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#36C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5CC

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5CC	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7db',
    500: '#36c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5cc;
$custom-light: #85d7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75377,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5CC

secondary

#D0918E

accent

#4C45E3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5CC

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

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