#36BDA4#36BDA4

#36BDA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDA4
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -41.66, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 41.73, 176.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.1193 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.119 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4164, 39.8567, 41.4156)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDA4 #BD364F

analogous

#36BD60 #36BDA4 #3692BD

triadic

#36BDA4 #A436BD #BDA436

tetradic

#36BDA4 #6036BD #BD364F #92BD36

square

#36BDA4 #6036BD #BD364F #92BD36

split-complementary

#36BDA4 #BD3692 #BD6036

monochromatic

#1B5E51 #288D7B #36BDA4 #5FD1BC #8FDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#36BDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDA4

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDA4	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1be',
    500: '#36bda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bda4;
$custom-light: #80d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7209,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDA4

secondary

#C98592

accent

#4965DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDA4

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

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