#36BDA9#36BDA9

#36BDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDA9
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -40.34, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 40.35, 180.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.117 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.117 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8769, 40.0409, 43.8406)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDA9 #BD364A

analogous

#36BD65 #36BDA9 #368EBD

triadic

#36BDA9 #A936BD #BDA936

tetradic

#36BDA9 #6536BD #BD364A #8EBD36

square

#36BDA9 #6536BD #BD364A #8EBD36

split-complementary

#36BDA9 #BD368E #BD6536

monochromatic

#1B5E54 #288D7E #36BDA9 #5FD1C0 #8FDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#36BDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDA9

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDA9	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c2',
    500: '#36bda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bda9;
$custom-light: #81d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72241,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDA9

secondary

#C9858F

accent

#495FDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDA9

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

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