#36D8C8#36D8C8

#36D8C8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.130 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D8C8
RGB	rgb(54, 216, 200)
HSL	hsl(174, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 7.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -43.90, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 44.06, 185.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.1295 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.13 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4975, 54.0617, 63.1438)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D8C8 #D83646

analogous

#36D877 #36D8C8 #3697D8

triadic

#36D8C8 #C836D8 #D8C836

tetradic

#36D8C8 #7736D8 #D83646 #97D836

square

#36D8C8 #7736D8 #D83646 #97D836

split-complementary

#36D8C8 #D83697 #D87736

monochromatic

#187C72 #22AFA1 #36D8C8 #69E2D6 #9DECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#36D8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#36D8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D8C8

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D8C8	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 216, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.130 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e5d8',
    500: '#36d8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d8c8;
$custom-light: #87e5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.074,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79857,
    "c": 0.13,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D8C8

secondary

#832F37

accent

#3D4FEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D8C8

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

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