#36BD8B#36BD8B

#36BD8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.137 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36BD8B
RGBrgb(54, 189, 139)
HSLhsl(158, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(158, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 26.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.78, -47.76, 15.07)
CIE-LCHlch(68.78, 50.08, 162.49°)
OKLaboklab(71.42% -0.1311 0.0384)
OKLCHoklch(71.42% 0.137 163.7)
XYZxyz(24.3765, 39.0407, 30.6720)
Luminance0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36BD8B #BD3668
analogous
#36BD48 #36BD8B #36ABBD
triadic
#36BD8B #8B36BD #BD8B36
tetradic
#36BD8B #4836BD #BD3668 #ABBD36
square
#36BD8B #4836BD #BD3668 #ABBD36
split-complementary
#36BD8B #BD36AB #BD4836
monochromatic
#1B5E45 #288D68 #36BD8B #5FD1A7 #8FDFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#36BD8B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81
#36BD8B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BD8B
8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36BD8B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36BD8B1.002.388.818.81
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8121.001.001.00
##0000008.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAAF88
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8A38E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36bd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.137 163.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd2ad',
    500: '#36bd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36bd8b;
$custom-light: #7fd2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36bd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71416,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36BD8B
secondary
#C9859F
accent
#4980DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0B1410
muted
#7C837F

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#36BD8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva