#36C8DB#36C8DB

#36C8DB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.120 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C8DB
RGB	rgb(54, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -31.08, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 37.14, 213.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.106 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.12 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9562, 47.2030, 74.2729)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C8DB #DB4936

analogous

#36DB9B #36C8DB #3675DB

triadic

#36C8DB #DB36C8 #C8DB36

tetradic

#36C8DB #9B36DB #DB4936 #75DB36

square

#36C8DB #9B36DB #DB4936 #75DB36

split-complementary

#36C8DB #DB3675 #DB9B36

monochromatic

#177480 #20A3B4 #36C8DB #6AD6E4 #9EE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#36C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#36C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C8DB

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C8DB	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.120 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9e6',
    500: '#36c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c8db;
$custom-light: #87d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.909,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76656,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C8DB

secondary

#DA9B93

accent

#503BEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C8DB

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

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