#36BDA8#36BDA8

#36BDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDA8
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -40.61, 0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 40.61, 179.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1175 0)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.117 180)
XYZ	xyz(26.7833, 40.0035, 43.3481)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDA8 #BD364B

analogous

#36BD65 #36BDA8 #368EBD

triadic

#36BDA8 #A836BD #BDA836

tetradic

#36BDA8 #6536BD #BD364B #8EBD36

square

#36BDA8 #6536BD #BD364B #8EBD36

split-complementary

#36BDA8 #BD368E #BD6536

monochromatic

#1B5E53 #288D7E #36BDA8 #5FD1BF #8FDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#36BDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDA8

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDA8	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c1',
    500: '#36bda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bda8;
$custom-light: #81d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.40007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDA8

secondary

#C98590

accent

#4960DF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDA8

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

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