#36BDA0#36BDA0

#36BDA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDA0
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 160)
HSL	hsl(167, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 15.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -42.70, 4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 42.91, 174.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1212 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.122 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0609, 39.7145, 39.5431)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDA0 #BD3653

analogous

#36BD5C #36BDA0 #3697BD

triadic

#36BDA0 #A036BD #BDA036

tetradic

#36BDA0 #5C36BD #BD3653 #97BD36

square

#36BDA0 #5C36BD #BD3653 #97BD36

split-complementary

#36BDA0 #BD3697 #BD5C36

monochromatic

#1B5E4F #288D78 #36BDA0 #5FD1B9 #8FDFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#36BDA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#36BDA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDA0

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDA0	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bda0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1bc',
    500: '#36bda0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bda0;
$custom-light: #80d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bda0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDA0

secondary

#C98594

accent

#4969DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDA0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →