#36BDAB#36BDAB

#36BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDAB
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -39.81, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 39.83, 181.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1161 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.116 182)
XYZ	xyz(27.0660, 40.1166, 44.8370)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDAB #BD3648

analogous

#36BD67 #36BDAB #368BBD

triadic

#36BDAB #AB36BD #BDAB36

tetradic

#36BDAB #6736BD #BD3648 #8BBD36

square

#36BDAB #6736BD #BD3648 #8BBD36

split-complementary

#36BDAB #BD368B #BD6736

monochromatic

#1B5E55 #288D80 #36BDAB #5FD1C2 #8FDFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#36BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDAB

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDAB	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)

#B4B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 182.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72303,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.4012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDAB

secondary

#C9858E

accent

#495DDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDAB

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

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