#36D5D9#36D5D9

#36D5D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.125 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D5D9
RGB	rgb(54, 213, 217)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -37.79, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 40.15, 199.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.1192 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.125 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8342, 53.3779, 73.9411)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D5D9 #D93A36

analogous

#36D98B #36D5D9 #3684D9

triadic

#36D5D9 #D936D5 #D5D936

tetradic

#36D5D9 #8B36D9 #D93A36 #84D936

square

#36D5D9 #8B36D9 #D93A36 #84D936

split-complementary

#36D5D9 #D93684 #D98B36

monochromatic

#187A7D #21ADB0 #36D5D9 #69E0E3 #9DEBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#36D5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#36D5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D5D9

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D5D9	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CBDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 213, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.125 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2e4',
    500: '#36d5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d5d9;
$custom-light: #88e2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.472,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79694,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D5D9

secondary

#84312F

accent

#413DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D5D9

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

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