#36C8CC#36C8CC

#36C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C8CC
RGB	rgb(54, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -35.55, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 37.83, 200.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.1123 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.118 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0697, 46.4485, 64.3376)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C8CC #CC3A36

analogous

#36CC85 #36C8CC #367DCC

triadic

#36C8CC #CC36C8 #C8CC36

tetradic

#36C8CC #8536CC #CC3A36 #7DCC36

square

#36C8CC #8536CC #CC3A36 #7DCC36

split-complementary

#36C8CC #CC367D #CC8536

monochromatic

#1B6A6C #289A9D #36C8CC #67D5D8 #98E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#36C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#36C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C8CC

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C8CC	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9db',
    500: '#36c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c8cc;
$custom-light: #85d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76104,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C8CC

secondary

#D08F8E

accent

#4945E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C8CC

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

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