#36D5DA#36D5DA

#36D5DA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.125 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D5DA
RGB	rgb(54, 213, 218)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -37.50, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 40.04, 200.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.1188 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.125 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9647, 53.4301, 74.6282)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D5DA #DA3B36

analogous

#36DA8D #36D5DA #3683DA

triadic

#36D5DA #DA36D5 #D5DA36

tetradic

#36D5DA #8D36DA #DA3B36 #83DA36

square

#36D5DA #8D36DA #DA3B36 #83DA36

split-complementary

#36D5DA #DA3683 #DA8D36

monochromatic

#177B7E #21AEB2 #36D5DA #6AE0E4 #9DEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#36D5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#36D5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D5DA

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D5DA	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CBDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 213, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.125 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2e5',
    500: '#36d5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d5da;
$custom-light: #88e2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.829,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79729,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D5DA

secondary

#86312F

accent

#413CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D5DA

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

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