#36C8CD#36C8CD

#36C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C8CD
RGB	rgb(54, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -35.26, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 37.73, 200.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.1119 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.118 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1901, 46.4966, 64.9713)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C8CD #CD3B36

analogous

#36CD86 #36C8CD #367CCD

triadic

#36C8CD #CD36C8 #C8CD36

tetradic

#36C8CD #8636CD #CD3B36 #7CCD36

square

#36C8CD #8636CD #CD3B36 #7CCD36

split-complementary

#36C8CD #CD367C #CD8636

monochromatic

#1B6B6D #279A9E #36C8CD #67D5D9 #98E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#36C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#36C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C8CD

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C8CD	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9dc',
    500: '#36c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c8cd;
$custom-light: #85d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.987,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76139,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C8CD

secondary

#D1908E

accent

#4A44E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C8CD

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

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