#36CBCD#36CBCD

#36CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.120 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CBCD
RGB	rgb(54, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -36.66, -12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 38.60, 198.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.1148 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.12 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8917, 47.8998, 65.2051)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CBCD #CD3836

analogous

#36CD83 #36CBCD #367FCD

triadic

#36CBCD #CD36CB #CBCD36

tetradic

#36CBCD #8336CD #CD3836 #7FCD36

square

#36CBCD #8336CD #CD3836 #7FCD36

split-complementary

#36CBCD #CD367F #CD8336

monochromatic

#1B6C6D #279D9E #36CBCD #67D8D9 #98E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#36CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#36CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CBCD

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CBCD	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbdc',
    500: '#36cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cbcd;
$custom-light: #86dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.795,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76865,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CBCD

secondary

#D18F8E

accent

#4744E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CBCD

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

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