#36C8CB#36C8CB

#36C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C8CB
RGB	rgb(54, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -35.84, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 37.94, 199.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.1127 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.118 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9502, 46.4006, 63.7079)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C8CB #CB3936

analogous

#36CB83 #36C8CB #367DCB

triadic

#36C8CB #CB36C8 #C8CB36

tetradic

#36C8CB #8336CB #CB3936 #7DCB36

square

#36C8CB #8336CB #CB3936 #7DCB36

split-complementary

#36C8CB #CB367D #CB8336

monochromatic

#1C696B #28999C #36C8CB #67D5D8 #97E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#36C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#36C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C8CB

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C8CB	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)

#BABECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9da',
    500: '#36c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c8cb;
$custom-light: #85d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.208,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76068,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C8CB

secondary

#D08F8D

accent

#4946E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C8CB

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

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