#36C9CA#36C9CA

#36C9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.119 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9CA
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -36.60, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 38.36, 197.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.1141 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.119 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0638, 46.8178, 63.1598)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9CA #CA3736

analogous

#36CA81 #36C9CA #367FCA

triadic

#36C9CA #CA36C9 #C9CA36

tetradic

#36C9CA #8136CA #CA3736 #7FCA36

square

#36C9CA #8136CA #CA3736 #7FCA36

split-complementary

#36C9CA #CA367F #CA8136

monochromatic

#1C696A #29999A #36C9CA #66D6D7 #97E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#36C9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#36C9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9CA

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9CA	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.119 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dada',
    500: '#36c9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9ca;
$custom-light: #85dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.405,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76276,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9CA

secondary

#CF8D8D

accent

#4746E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9CA

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

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