#36CACC#36CACC

#36CACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.119 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CACC
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -36.48, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 38.42, 198.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1142 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.119 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5360, 47.3809, 64.4930)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CACC #CC3836

analogous

#36CC83 #36CACC #367FCC

triadic

#36CACC #CC36CA #CACC36

tetradic

#36CACC #8336CC #CC3836 #7FCC36

square

#36CACC #8336CC #CC3836 #7FCC36

split-complementary

#36CACC #CC367F #CC8336

monochromatic

#1B6B6C #289B9D #36CACC #67D7D8 #98E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#36CACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#36CACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CACC

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CACC	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.119 196.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76588,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CACC

secondary

#D08E8E

accent

#4745E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CACC

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

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