#36CAD0#36CAD0

#36CAD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.119 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CAD0
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 208)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -35.32, -14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 38.00, 201.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.1125 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.119 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0219, 47.5753, 67.0521)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CAD0 #D03C36

analogous

#36D089 #36CAD0 #367DD0

triadic

#36CAD0 #D036CA #CAD036

tetradic

#36CAD0 #8936D0 #D03C36 #7DD036

square

#36CAD0 #8936D0 #D03C36 #7DD036

split-complementary

#36CAD0 #D0367D #D08936

monochromatic

#1A6E71 #269EA3 #36CAD0 #68D7DC #99E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#36CAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#36CAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CAD0

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CAD0	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.119 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dade',
    500: '#36cad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cad0;
$custom-light: #86dade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.338,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76729,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CAD0

secondary

#D3928F

accent

#4943E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CAD0

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

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