#36BDAA#36BDAA

#36BDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDAA
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -40.08, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 40.09, 181.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.1165 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.117 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9711, 40.0786, 44.3369)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDAA #BD3649

analogous

#36BD67 #36BDAA #368CBD

triadic

#36BDAA #AA36BD #BDAA36

tetradic

#36BDAA #6736BD #BD3649 #8CBD36

square

#36BDAA #6736BD #BD3649 #8CBD36

split-complementary

#36BDAA #BD368C #BD6736

monochromatic

#1B5E54 #288D7F #36BDAA #5FD1C1 #8FDFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#36BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDAA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDAA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c3',
    500: '#36bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdaa;
$custom-light: #81d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72272,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDAA

secondary

#C9858F

accent

#495EDF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDAA

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

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