#36CDCF#36CDCF

#36CDCF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.121 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CDCF
RGB	rgb(54, 205, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -37.00, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 38.96, 198.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.1159 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.121 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6100, 48.9477, 66.6432)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CDCF #CF3836

analogous

#36CF84 #36CDCF #3680CF

triadic

#36CDCF #CF36CD #CDCF36

tetradic

#36CDCF #8436CF #CF3836 #80CF36

square

#36CDCF #8436CF #CF3836 #80CF36

split-complementary

#36CDCF #CF3680 #CF8436

monochromatic

#1B6F70 #27A0A1 #36CDCF #67D9DB #99E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#36CDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#36CDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CDCF

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CDCF	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 205, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.121 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dddd',
    500: '#36cdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cdcf;
$custom-light: #86dddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.784,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77419,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CDCF

secondary

#D28F8F

accent

#4543E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CDCF

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

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