#36C5DB#36C5DB

#36C5DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.120 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36C5DB
RGBrgb(54, 197, 219)
HSLhsl(188, 70%, 54%)
HSVhsv(188, 75%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(75.3%, 10%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(73.43, -29.62, -21.68)
CIE-LCHlch(73.43, 36.71, 216.20°)
OKLaboklab(75.94% -0.1032 -0.0604)
OKLCHoklch(75.94% 0.12 210.3)
XYZxyz(34.2682, 45.8271, 74.0435)
Luminance0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36C5DB #DB4C36
analogous
#36DB9E #36C5DB #3672DB
triadic
#36C5DB #DB36C5 #C5DB36
tetradic
#36C5DB #9E36DB #DB4C36 #72DB36
square
#36C5DB #9E36DB #DB4C36 #72DB36
split-complementary
#36C5DB #DB3672 #DB9E36
monochromatic
#177280 #20A0B4 #36C5DB #6AD4E4 #9EE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#36C5DB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17
#36C5DB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C5DB
10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36C5DB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36C5DB1.002.0710.1710.17
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1721.001.001.00
##00000010.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3BEDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CADDB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFCC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36c5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 197, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.120 210.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7e6',
    500: '#36c5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36c5db;
$custom-light: #86d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36c5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7594,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36C5DB
secondary
#DA9C93
accent
#533BEC
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F1FAFC
border
#CBD3D5
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#36C5DB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva