#36C6DB#36C6DB

#36C6DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.120 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C6DB
RGB	rgb(54, 198, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -30.11, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 36.84, 215.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.1041 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.12 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4960, 46.2827, 74.1195)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C6DB #DB4B36

analogous

#36DB9D #36C6DB #3673DB

triadic

#36C6DB #DB36C6 #C6DB36

tetradic

#36C6DB #9D36DB #DB4B36 #73DB36

square

#36C6DB #9D36DB #DB4B36 #73DB36

split-complementary

#36C6DB #DB3673 #DB9D36

monochromatic

#177280 #20A1B4 #36C6DB #6AD5E4 #9EE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#36C6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#36C6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C6DB

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C6DB	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 198, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.120 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7e6',
    500: '#36c6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c6db;
$custom-light: #86d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.636,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76179,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C6DB

secondary

#DA9C93

accent

#523BEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C6DB

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

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