#36CADD#36CADD

#36CADD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.121 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CADD
RGB	rgb(54, 202, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -31.43, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 37.48, 213.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.1071 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.121 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6873, 48.2414, 75.8233)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CADD #DD4936

analogous

#36DD9D #36CADD #3677DD

triadic

#36CADD #DD36CA #CADD36

tetradic

#36CADD #9D36DD #DD4936 #77DD36

square

#36CADD #9D36DD #DD4936 #77DD36

split-complementary

#36CADD #DD3677 #DD9D36

monochromatic

#167683 #1FA6B7 #36CADD #6AD8E6 #9FE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#36CADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#36CADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CADD

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CADD	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 202, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.121 207.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.826,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7721,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CADD

secondary

#DB9C94

accent

#4E3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FBFC

border

#CBD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CADD

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

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