#36BDA3#36BDA3

#36BDA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDA3
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 163)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -41.92, 2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 42.02, 176.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.1198 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.12 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3265, 39.8207, 40.9419)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDA3 #BD3650

analogous

#36BD5F #36BDA3 #3694BD

triadic

#36BDA3 #A336BD #BDA336

tetradic

#36BDA3 #5F36BD #BD3650 #94BD36

square

#36BDA3 #5F36BD #BD3650 #94BD36

split-complementary

#36BDA3 #BD3694 #BD5F36

monochromatic

#1B5E51 #288D7A #36BDA3 #5FD1BB #8FDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#36BDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDA3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDA3	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)

#B6B1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1be',
    500: '#36bda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bda3;
$custom-light: #80d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72061,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDA3

secondary

#C98592

accent

#4966DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDA3

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

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