#36D8D9#36D8D9

#36D8D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.127 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D8D9
RGB	rgb(54, 216, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -39.16, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 41.02, 197.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.1221 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.127 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5958, 54.9010, 74.1950)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D8D9 #D93736

analogous

#36D988 #36D8D9 #3686D9

triadic

#36D8D9 #D936D8 #D8D936

tetradic

#36D8D9 #8836D9 #D93736 #86D936

square

#36D8D9 #8836D9 #D93736 #86D936

split-complementary

#36D8D9 #D93686 #D98836

monochromatic

#187C7D #21B0B0 #36D8D9 #69E2E3 #9DECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#36D8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#36D8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D8D9

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D8D9	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 216, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.127 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e4e4',
    500: '#36d8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d8d9;
$custom-light: #88e4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.368,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80414,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D8D9

secondary

#842F2F

accent

#3E3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D8D9

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

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