#36C9D1#36C9D1

#36C9D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9D1
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 209)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -34.55, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 37.66, 203.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.1112 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.119 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9114, 47.1569, 67.6242)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9D1 #D13E36

analogous

#36D18C #36C9D1 #367CD1

triadic

#36C9D1 #D136C9 #C9D136

tetradic

#36C9D1 #8C36D1 #D13E36 #7CD136

square

#36C9D1 #8C36D1 #D13E36 #7CD136

split-complementary

#36C9D1 #D1367C #D18C36

monochromatic

#1A6E72 #269EA4 #36C9D1 #68D6DC #9AE4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#36C9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#36C9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9D1

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9D1	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dadf',
    500: '#36c9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9d1;
$custom-light: #86dadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.097,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76524,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9D1

secondary

#D3938F

accent

#4A42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9D1

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

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