#36D9D6#36D9D6

#36D9D6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.128 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D9D6
RGB	rgb(54, 217, 214)
HSL	hsl(179, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -40.46, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 41.76, 194.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.1243 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.128 193)
XYZ	xyz(38.4661, 55.2603, 72.2443)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D9D6 #D93639

analogous

#36D985 #36D9D6 #368AD9

triadic

#36D9D6 #D636D9 #D9D636

tetradic

#36D9D6 #8536D9 #D93639 #8AD936

square

#36D9D6 #8536D9 #D93639 #8AD936

split-complementary

#36D9D6 #D9368A #D98536

monochromatic

#187D7B #21B0AE #36D9D6 #69E3E0 #9DECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#36D9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#36D9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D9D6

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D9D6	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 217, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.128 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e5e2',
    500: '#36d9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d9d6;
$custom-light: #88e5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.896,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80553,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.55265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D9D6

secondary

#842F30

accent

#3D40EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D9D6

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

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