#36C9DD#36C9DD

#36C9DD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.121 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36C9DD
RGB	rgb(54, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -30.95, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 37.32, 213.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.1062 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.121 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4534, 47.7737, 75.7453)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36C9DD #DD4A36

analogous

#36DD9E #36C9DD #3676DD

triadic

#36C9DD #DD36C9 #C9DD36

tetradic

#36C9DD #9E36DD #DD4A36 #76DD36

square

#36C9DD #9E36DD #DD4A36 #76DD36

split-complementary

#36C9DD #DD3676 #DD9E36

monochromatic

#167683 #1FA5B7 #36C9DD #6AD7E6 #9FE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#36C9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#36C9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36C9DD

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36C9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36C9DD	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36c9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.121 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dae7',
    500: '#36c9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36c9dd;
$custom-light: #87dae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36c9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.186,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76971,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36C9DD

secondary

#DB9C94

accent

#503AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36C9DD

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

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