#36CED9#36CED9

#36CED9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.122 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CED9
RGB	rgb(54, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -34.53, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 38.35, 205.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.1126 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.122 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1114, 49.9322, 73.3668)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CED9 #D94136

analogous

#36D992 #36CED9 #367CD9

triadic

#36CED9 #D936CE #CED936

tetradic

#36CED9 #9236D9 #D94136 #7CD936

square

#36CED9 #9236D9 #D94136 #7CD936

split-complementary

#36CED9 #D9367C #D99236

monochromatic

#18767D #21A7B0 #36CED9 #69DBE3 #9DE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#36CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#36CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CED9

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CED9	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.122 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dde4',
    500: '#36ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ced9;
$custom-light: #87dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.049,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78016,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CED9

secondary

#D99792

accent

#493DEB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CED9

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

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