#36D0DE#36D0DE

#36D0DE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.123 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D0DE
RGB	rgb(54, 208, 222)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -33.99, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 38.57, 208.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.1124 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.123 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2561, 51.1654, 77.0054)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D0DE #DE4436

analogous

#36DE98 #36D0DE #367CDE

triadic

#36D0DE #DE36D0 #D0DE36

tetradic

#36D0DE #9836DE #DE4436 #7CDE36

square

#36D0DE #9836DE #DE4436 #7CDE36

split-complementary

#36D0DE #DE367C #DE9836

monochromatic

#167B84 #1EACB9 #36D0DE #6BDCE7 #9FE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#36D0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#36D0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D0DE

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D0DE	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 208, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.123 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfe8',
    500: '#36d0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d0de;
$custom-light: #88dfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78678,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D0DE

secondary

#8A362E

accent

#4839EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D0DE

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

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