#36C6CC#36C6CC

#36C6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C6CC
RGB	rgb(54, 198, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 2.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -34.62, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 37.28, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.1104 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.117 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6096, 45.5281, 64.1842)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C6CC #CC3C36

analogous

#36CC87 #36C6CC #367BCC

triadic

#36C6CC #CC36C6 #C6CC36

tetradic

#36C6CC #8736CC #CC3C36 #7BCC36

square

#36C6CC #8736CC #CC3C36 #7BCC36

split-complementary

#36C6CC #CC367B #CC8736

monochromatic

#1B696C #28989D #36C6CC #67D4D8 #98E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#36C6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#36C6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C6CC

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C6CC	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 198, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8db',
    500: '#36c6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c6cc;
$custom-light: #85d8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75619,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C6CC

secondary

#D0908E

accent

#4B45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C6CC

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

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