#36C9C8#36C9C8

#36C9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9C8
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -37.17, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 38.63, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.115 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.119 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8285, 46.7237, 61.9208)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9C8 #C93637

analogous

#36C97F #36C9C8 #3680C9

triadic

#36C9C8 #C836C9 #C9C836

tetradic

#36C9C8 #7F36C9 #C93637 #80C936

square

#36C9C8 #7F36C9 #C93637 #80C936

split-complementary

#36C9C8 #C93680 #C97F36

monochromatic

#1C6968 #299998 #36C9C8 #66D6D5 #96E3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#36C9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#36C9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9C8

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9C8	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dad8',
    500: '#36c9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9c8;
$custom-light: #85dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.592,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76207,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9C8

secondary

#CE8C8D

accent

#4748E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9C8

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

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