#36BD9C#36BD9C

#36BD9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.124 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BD9C
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -43.71, 6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 44.17, 171.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1231 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.124 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7166, 39.5768, 37.7298)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BD9C #BD3657

analogous

#36BD58 #36BD9C #369BBD

triadic

#36BD9C #9C36BD #BD9C36

tetradic

#36BD9C #5836BD #BD3657 #9BBD36

square

#36BD9C #5836BD #BD3657 #9BBD36

split-complementary

#36BD9C #BD369B #BD5836

monochromatic

#1B5E4D #288D75 #36BD9C #5FD1B5 #8FDFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#36BD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#36BD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BD9C

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BD9C	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.124 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b9',
    500: '#36bd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bd9c;
$custom-light: #80d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7186,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BD9C

secondary

#C98596

accent

#496EDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BD9C

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

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