#36C9CC#36C9CC

#36C9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.118 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9CC
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -36.02, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 38.12, 199.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.1133 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.118 197)
XYZ	xyz(33.3021, 46.9132, 64.4150)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9CC #CC3936

analogous

#36CC84 #36C9CC #367ECC

triadic

#36C9CC #CC36C9 #C9CC36

tetradic

#36C9CC #8436CC #CC3936 #7ECC36

square

#36C9CC #8436CC #CC3936 #7ECC36

split-complementary

#36C9CC #CC367E #CC8436

monochromatic

#1B6B6C #289B9D #36C9CC #67D6D8 #98E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#36C9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#36C9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9CC

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9CC	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.118 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dadb',
    500: '#36c9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9cc;
$custom-light: #85dadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76346,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.46917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9CC

secondary

#D08F8E

accent

#4845E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9CC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →