#36C9CB#36C9CB

#36C9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.118 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9CB
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -36.31, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 38.24, 198.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1137 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.119 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1825, 46.8653, 63.7854)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9CB #CB3836

analogous

#36CB82 #36C9CB #367FCB

triadic

#36C9CB #CB36C9 #C9CB36

tetradic

#36C9CB #8236CB #CB3836 #7FCB36

square

#36C9CB #8236CB #CB3836 #7FCB36

split-complementary

#36C9CB #CB367F #CB8236

monochromatic

#1C6A6B #289A9C #36C9CB #67D6D8 #97E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#36C9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#36C9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9CB

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9CB	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.118 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dada',
    500: '#36c9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9cb;
$custom-light: #85dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.805,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76311,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9CB

secondary

#D08E8D

accent

#4846E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9CB

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

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