#36C7CA#36C7CA

#36C7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C7CA
RGB	rgb(54, 199, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -35.67, -12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 37.76, 199.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.1122 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.117 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6006, 45.8914, 63.0054)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C7CA #CA3936

analogous

#36CA83 #36C7CA #367DCA

triadic

#36C7CA #CA36C7 #C7CA36

tetradic

#36C7CA #8336CA #CA3936 #7DCA36

square

#36C7CA #8336CA #CA3936 #7DCA36

split-complementary

#36C7CA #CA367D #CA8336

monochromatic

#1C686A #29989A #36C7CA #66D4D7 #97E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#36C7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#36C7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C7CA

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C7CA	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 199, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8da',
    500: '#36c7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c7ca;
$custom-light: #85d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.216,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75791,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C7CA

secondary

#CF8E8D

accent

#4946E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C7CA

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

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