#36C8DD#36C8DD

#36C8DD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.121 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C8DD
RGB	rgb(54, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -30.46, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 37.18, 214.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.1052 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.121 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2211, 47.3090, 75.6678)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C8DD #DD4B36

analogous

#36DD9F #36C8DD #3675DD

triadic

#36C8DD #DD36C8 #C8DD36

tetradic

#36C8DD #9F36DD #DD4B36 #75DD36

square

#36C8DD #9F36DD #DD4B36 #75DD36

split-complementary

#36C8DD #DD3675 #DD9F36

monochromatic

#167583 #1FA4B7 #36C8DD #6AD6E6 #9FE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#36C8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#36C8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C8DD

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C8DD	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.121 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9e7',
    500: '#36c8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c8dd;
$custom-light: #87d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.545,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76733,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C8DD

secondary

#DB9D94

accent

#513AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C8DD

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

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