#36BDA5#36BDA5

#36BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDA5
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -41.40, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 41.44, 177.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.1189 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.119 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5071, 39.8930, 41.8931)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDA5 #BD364E

analogous

#36BD61 #36BDA5 #3692BD

triadic

#36BDA5 #A536BD #BDA536

tetradic

#36BDA5 #6136BD #BD364E #92BD36

square

#36BDA5 #6136BD #BD364E #92BD36

split-complementary

#36BDA5 #BD3692 #BD6136

monochromatic

#1B5E52 #288D7B #36BDA5 #5FD1BD #8FDFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#36BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDA5

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDA5	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1bf',
    500: '#36bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bda5;
$custom-light: #80d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7212,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDA5

secondary

#C98591

accent

#4964DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDA5

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

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