#36CEEA#36CEEA

#36CEEA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.127 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36CEEA
RGB	rgb(54, 206, 234)
HSL	hsl(189, 81%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -29.37, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 38.54, 220.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.1057 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.127 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4375, 50.8627, 85.6176)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36CEEA #EA5236

analogous

#36EAAC #36CEEA #3674EA

triadic

#36CEEA #EA36CE #CEEA36

tetradic

#36CEEA #AC36EA #EA5236 #74EA36

square

#36CEEA #AC36EA #EA5236 #74EA36

split-complementary

#36CEEA #EA3674 #EAAC36

monochromatic

#108196 #15B1CD #36CEEA #6DDCF0 #A5E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#36CEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#36CEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36CEEA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36CEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36CEEA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36ceea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 206, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.127 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddf0',
    500: '#36ceea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36ceea;
$custom-light: #89ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36ceea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 81.081,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78664,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36CEEA

secondary

#9A3C2A

accent

#4F30F7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #36CEEA

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

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