#36D9D8#36D9D8

#36D9D8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.127 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36D9D8
RGB	rgb(54, 217, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -39.90, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 41.46, 195.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.1235 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.127 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7231, 55.3631, 73.5977)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36D9D8 #D93637

analogous

#36D986 #36D9D8 #3688D9

triadic

#36D9D8 #D836D9 #D9D836

tetradic

#36D9D8 #8636D9 #D93637 #88D936

square

#36D9D8 #8636D9 #D93637 #88D936

split-complementary

#36D9D8 #D93688 #D98636

monochromatic

#187D7C #21B0B0 #36D9D8 #69E3E2 #9DECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#36D9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#36D9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36D9D8

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36D9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36D9D8	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36d9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 217, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.127 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e5e4',
    500: '#36d9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36d9d8;
$custom-light: #88e5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36d9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.632,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8062,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36D9D8

secondary

#842F2F

accent

#3D3EEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #36D9D8

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

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