#36D6D9#36D6D9

#36D6D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.126 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D6D9
RGB	rgb(54, 214, 217)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -38.25, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 40.43, 198.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.1202 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.126 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0865, 53.8825, 74.0252)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D6D9 #D93936

analogous

#36D98A #36D6D9 #3685D9

triadic

#36D6D9 #D936D6 #D6D936

tetradic

#36D6D9 #8A36D9 #D93936 #85D936

square

#36D6D9 #8A36D9 #D93936 #85D936

split-complementary

#36D6D9 #D93685 #D98A36

monochromatic

#187B7D #21AEB0 #36D6D9 #69E0E3 #9DEBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#36D6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#36D6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D6D9

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D6D9	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 214, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.126 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3e4',
    500: '#36d6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d6d9;
$custom-light: #88e3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.104,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79934,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D6D9

secondary

#84302F

accent

#403DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D6D9

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

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