#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
RGBrgb(54, 197, 208)
HSLhsl(184, 62%, 51%)
HSVhsv(184, 74%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 5.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.07, -32.96, -16.27)
CIE-LCHlch(73.07, 36.75, 206.27°)
OKLaboklab(75.52% -0.1077 -0.0452)
OKLCHoklch(75.52% 0.117 202.8)
XYZxyz(32.8677, 45.2669, 66.6674)
Luminance0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36C5D01.002.0910.0510.05
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0521.001.001.00
##00000010.0521.001.001.00

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.

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#36C5D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva