#36BDA7#36BDA7

#36BDA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDA7
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 167)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -40.88, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 40.88, 178.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.1179 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.118 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6905, 39.9664, 42.8593)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDA7 #BD364C

analogous

#36BD63 #36BDA7 #3690BD

triadic

#36BDA7 #A736BD #BDA736

tetradic

#36BDA7 #6336BD #BD364C #90BD36

square

#36BDA7 #6336BD #BD364C #90BD36

split-complementary

#36BDA7 #BD3690 #BD6336

monochromatic

#1B5E53 #288D7D #36BDA7 #5FD1BF #8FDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BDA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#36BDA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDA7

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDA7	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	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)

#B5B2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bda7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c1',
    500: '#36bda7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bda7;
$custom-light: #81d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bda7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7218,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDA7

secondary

#C98590

accent

#4961DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDA7

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

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