#36C9DB#36C9DB

#36C9DB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.120 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9DB
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -31.56, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 37.30, 212.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.107 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.12 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1885, 47.6677, 74.3503)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9DB #DB4836

analogous

#36DB9A #36C9DB #3677DB

triadic

#36C9DB #DB36C9 #C9DB36

tetradic

#36C9DB #9A36DB #DB4836 #77DB36

square

#36C9DB #9A36DB #DB4836 #77DB36

split-complementary

#36C9DB #DB3677 #DB9A36

monochromatic

#177480 #20A4B4 #36C9DB #6AD7E4 #9EE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#36C9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#36C9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9DB

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9DB	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dae6',
    500: '#36c9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9db;
$custom-light: #87dae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.545,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76895,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9DB

secondary

#DA9B93

accent

#4F3BEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9DB

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

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