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#36DCDD

#36dcdd ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#36dcdd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 86.27% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.57% cyan, 0.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 180.36°, with 71.06% saturation and 53.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.39.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5719

Complementary

  1. #36dcdd
  2. #dd3736

Split complementary

  1. #36dcdd
  2. #dd3688
  3. #dd8a36

Analogous

  1. #36dd8a
  2. #36dcdd
  3. #3688dd

Triadic

  1. #36dcdd
  2. #dd36dc
  3. #dcdd36

Tetradic

  1. #36dcdd
  2. #3736dd
  3. #dd3736
  4. #dcdd36

Square

  1. #36dcdd
  2. #8a36dd
  3. #dd3736
  4. #88dd36

Monochromatic

  1. #126868
  2. #1da9aa
  3. #36dcdd
  4. #77e7e8
  5. #b9f3f3

Shades

#36dcdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #36dcdd
  2. #31c6c7
  3. #2bb0b1
  4. #269a9b
  5. #208485
  6. #1b6e6f
  7. #165858
  8. #104242
  9. #0b2c2c
  10. #051616
  11. #000000

Tints

#36dcdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #36dcdd
  2. #4ae0e0
  3. #5ee3e4
  4. #72e7e7
  5. #86eaeb
  6. #9beeee
  7. #aff1f1
  8. #c3f5f5
  9. #d7f8f8
  10. #ebfcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#36dcdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #36dcdd
  2. #3dd3d4
  3. #45caca
  4. #4cc0c1
  5. #54b7b8
  6. #5baeaf
  7. #62a5a5
  8. #6a9c9c
  9. #719293
  10. #798989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1d0d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdd1dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5c0de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e3dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6d6dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #93ccde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e0dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-36dcdd {
  color: #36dcdd;
}
Background
.bg-36dcdd {
  background-color: #36dcdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-36dcdd {
  border: 2px solid #36dcdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #36dcdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 220 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 71% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-36dcdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36dcdd, #3688dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-36dcdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 220 221 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.39 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.59 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.12 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.66 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.72 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.60 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.60 #c92322 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#36dcdd  rgb(54, 220, 221)  hsl(180, 71%, 54%)  Medium Turquoise
#dd3736  rgb(221, 55, 54)  hsl(0, 71%, 54%)  Cinnabar
#dd36dc  rgb(221, 54, 220)  hsl(300, 71%, 54%)  Medium Orchid
#dcdd36  rgb(220, 221, 54)  hsl(60, 71%, 54%)  Pear