#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
RGBrgb(54, 201, 202)
HSLhsl(180, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(180, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(73.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.07, -36.60, -11.50)
CIE-LCHlch(74.07, 38.36, 197.44°)
OKLaboklab(76.28% -0.1141 -0.032)
OKLCHoklch(76.28% 0.119 195.6)
XYZxyz(33.0638, 46.8178, 63.1598)
Luminance0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36C9CA1.002.0310.3610.36
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3621.001.001.00
##00000010.3621.001.001.00

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

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#36C9CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva