#36BDA2#36BDA2

#36BDA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDA2
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -42.18, 3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 42.31, 175.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1203 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.121 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2372, 39.7850, 40.4719)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDA2 #BD3651

analogous

#36BD5E #36BDA2 #3695BD

triadic

#36BDA2 #A236BD #BDA236

tetradic

#36BDA2 #5E36BD #BD3651 #95BD36

square

#36BDA2 #5E36BD #BD3651 #95BD36

split-complementary

#36BDA2 #BD3695 #BD5E36

monochromatic

#1B5E50 #288D79 #36BDA2 #5FD1BA #8FDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#36BDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDA2

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDA2	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1bd',
    500: '#36bda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bda2;
$custom-light: #80d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72031,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDA2

secondary

#C98593

accent

#4967DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDA2

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

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