#36C8CA#36C8CA

#36C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C8CA
RGB	rgb(54, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -36.14, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 38.06, 198.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.1132 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.118 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8314, 46.3531, 63.0824)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C8CA #CA3836

analogous

#36CA82 #36C8CA #367ECA

triadic

#36C8CA #CA36C8 #C8CA36

tetradic

#36C8CA #8236CA #CA3836 #7ECA36

square

#36C8CA #8236CA #CA3836 #7ECA36

split-complementary

#36C8CA #CA367E #CA8236

monochromatic

#1C696A #29999A #36C8CA #66D5D7 #97E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#36C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#36C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C8CA

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C8CA	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9da',
    500: '#36c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c8ca;
$custom-light: #85d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.811,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76033,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C8CA

secondary

#CF8E8D

accent

#4846E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C8CA

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

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