#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
RGB	rgb(54, 197, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 10%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -29.62, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 36.71, 216.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.1032 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.12 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2682, 45.8271, 74.0435)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36C5DB	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #36C5DB

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

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