#36C9CD#36C9CD

#36C9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9CD
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -35.73, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 38.01, 199.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.1129 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.118 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4224, 46.9613, 65.0487)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9CD #CD3A36

analogous

#36CD85 #36C9CD #367ECD

triadic

#36C9CD #CD36C9 #C9CD36

tetradic

#36C9CD #8536CD #CD3A36 #7ECD36

square

#36C9CD #8536CD #CD3A36 #7ECD36

split-complementary

#36C9CD #CD367E #CD8536

monochromatic

#1B6B6D #279B9E #36C9CD #67D6D9 #98E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#36C9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#36C9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9CD

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9CD	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dadc',
    500: '#36c9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9cd;
$custom-light: #85dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.589,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76381,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9CD

secondary

#D1908E

accent

#4944E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9CD

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

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