#36BDA6#36BDA6

#36BDA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDA6
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 166)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -41.14, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 41.16, 178.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.1184 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.118 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5985, 39.9295, 42.3743)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDA6 #BD364D

analogous

#36BD63 #36BDA6 #3690BD

triadic

#36BDA6 #A636BD #BDA636

tetradic

#36BDA6 #6336BD #BD364D #90BD36

square

#36BDA6 #6336BD #BD364D #90BD36

split-complementary

#36BDA6 #BD3690 #BD6336

monochromatic

#1B5E52 #288D7C #36BDA6 #5FD1BE #8FDFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36BDA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#36BDA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDA6

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDA6	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bda6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c0',
    500: '#36bda6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bda6;
$custom-light: #80d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bda6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7215,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDA6

secondary

#C98591

accent

#4962DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDA6

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

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