#36C7CC#36C7CC

#36C7CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C7CC
RGB	rgb(54, 199, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -35.09, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 37.55, 200.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.1113 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.117 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8389, 45.9868, 64.2606)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C7CC #CC3B36

analogous

#36CC86 #36C7CC #367CCC

triadic

#36C7CC #CC36C7 #C7CC36

tetradic

#36C7CC #8636CC #CC3B36 #7CCC36

square

#36C7CC #8636CC #CC3B36 #7CCC36

split-complementary

#36C7CC #CC367C #CC8636

monochromatic

#1B696C #28999D #36C7CC #67D5D8 #98E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#36C7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#36C7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C7CC

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C7CC	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 199, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8db',
    500: '#36c7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c7cc;
$custom-light: #85d8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75862,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C7CC

secondary

#D0908E

accent

#4A45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C7CC

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

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