#36C7DB#36C7DB

#36C7DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.120 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C7DB
RGB	rgb(54, 199, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -30.59, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 36.98, 214.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.1051 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.12 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7253, 46.7414, 74.1959)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C7DB #DB4A36

analogous

#36DB9C #36C7DB #3674DB

triadic

#36C7DB #DB36C7 #C7DB36

tetradic

#36C7DB #9C36DB #DB4A36 #74DB36

square

#36C7DB #9C36DB #DB4A36 #74DB36

split-complementary

#36C7DB #DB3674 #DB9C36

monochromatic

#177380 #20A2B4 #36C7DB #6AD5E4 #9EE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#36C7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#36C7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C7DB

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C7DB	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 199, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.120 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d8e6',
    500: '#36c7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c7db;
$custom-light: #87d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76417,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C7DB

secondary

#DA9C93

accent

#513BEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C7DB

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

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