#36CDDE#36CDDE

#36CDDE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.122 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CDDE
RGB	rgb(54, 205, 222)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -32.56, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 37.99, 211.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.1096 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.122 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5316, 49.7164, 76.7639)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CDDE #DE4736

analogous

#36DE9B #36CDDE #3679DE

triadic

#36CDDE #DE36CD #CDDE36

tetradic

#36CDDE #9B36DE #DE4736 #79DE36

square

#36CDDE #9B36DE #DE4736 #79DE36

split-complementary

#36CDDE #DE3679 #DE9B36

monochromatic

#167984 #1EA9B9 #36CDDE #6BDAE7 #9FE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#36CDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#36CDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CDDE

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CDDE	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36cdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 205, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.122 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dce8',
    500: '#36cdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36cdde;
$custom-light: #88dce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36cdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.071,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77963,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CDDE

secondary

#DC9B94

accent

#4C39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FBFC

border

#CBD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CDDE

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

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