#36CDDD#36CDDD

#36CDDD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.122 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CDDD
RGB	rgb(54, 205, 221)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -32.86, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 38.00, 210.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.11 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.122 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3980, 49.6629, 76.0602)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CDDD #DD4636

analogous

#36DD9A #36CDDD #3679DD

triadic

#36CDDD #DD36CD #CDDD36

tetradic

#36CDDD #9A36DD #DD4636 #79DD36

square

#36CDDD #9A36DD #DD4636 #79DD36

split-complementary

#36CDDD #DD3679 #DD9A36

monochromatic

#167883 #1FA8B7 #36CDDD #6ADAE6 #9FE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#36CDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#36CDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CDDD

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CDDD	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 205, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.122 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dce7',
    500: '#36cddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cddd;
$custom-light: #87dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.749,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77925,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CDDD

secondary

#DB9B94

accent

#4B3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FBFC

border

#CBD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CDDD

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

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