#36C5D0#36C5D0

#36C5D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.117 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5D0
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 208)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 5.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -32.96, -16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 36.75, 206.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.1077 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.117 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8677, 45.2669, 66.6674)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5D0 #D04136

analogous

#36D08E #36C5D0 #3678D0

triadic

#36C5D0 #D036C5 #C5D036

tetradic

#36C5D0 #8E36D0 #D04136 #78D036

square

#36C5D0 #8E36D0 #D04136 #78D036

split-complementary

#36C5D0 #D03678 #D08E36

monochromatic

#1A6B71 #269AA3 #36C5D0 #68D3DC #99E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#36C5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#36C5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5D0

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5D0	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.117 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7de',
    500: '#36c5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5d0;
$custom-light: #85d7de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75523,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5D0

secondary

#D3948F

accent

#4E43E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5D0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →