#36C5D1#36C5D1

#36C5D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C5D1
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 209)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 5.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -32.66, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 36.71, 207.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1073 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.117 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9911, 45.3162, 67.3174)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C5D1 #D14236

analogous

#36D190 #36C5D1 #3678D1

triadic

#36C5D1 #D136C5 #C5D136

tetradic

#36C5D1 #9036D1 #D14236 #78D136

square

#36C5D1 #9036D1 #D14236 #78D136

split-complementary

#36C5D1 #D13678 #D19036

monochromatic

#1A6C72 #269AA4 #36C5D1 #68D3DC #9AE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#36C5D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#36C5D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5D1

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C5D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C5D1	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7df',
    500: '#36c5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c5d1;
$custom-light: #85d7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.645,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7556,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C5D1

secondary

#D3958F

accent

#4F42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C5D1

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

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