#36C6CA#36C6CA

#36C6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.117 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C6CA
RGB	rgb(54, 198, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -35.20, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 37.47, 200.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.1112 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.117 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3712, 45.4328, 62.9290)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C6CA #CA3A36

analogous

#36CA84 #36C6CA #367CCA

triadic

#36C6CA #CA36C6 #C6CA36

tetradic

#36C6CA #8436CA #CA3A36 #7CCA36

square

#36C6CA #8436CA #CA3A36 #7CCA36

split-complementary

#36C6CA #CA367C #CA8436

monochromatic

#1C686A #29979A #36C6CA #66D4D7 #97E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#36C6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#36C6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C6CA

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C6CA	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 198, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.117 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8da',
    500: '#36c6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c6ca;
$custom-light: #85d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75548,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C6CA

secondary

#CF8F8D

accent

#4B46E1

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C6CA

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

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