#36C6DD#36C6DD

#36C6DD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.120 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C6DD
RGB	rgb(54, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -29.49, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 36.92, 216.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.1033 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.12 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7609, 46.3887, 75.5145)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C6DD #DD4D36

analogous

#36DDA0 #36C6DD #3673DD

triadic

#36C6DD #DD36C6 #C6DD36

tetradic

#36C6DD #A036DD #DD4D36 #73DD36

square

#36C6DD #A036DD #DD4D36 #73DD36

split-complementary

#36C6DD #DD3673 #DDA036

monochromatic

#167483 #1FA2B7 #36C6DD #6AD5E6 #9FE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#36C6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#36C6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C6DD

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C6DD	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.120 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7e7',
    500: '#36c6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c6dd;
$custom-light: #87d7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.263,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76257,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C6DD

secondary

#DB9E94

accent

#533AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C6DD

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

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