#36BDAC#36BDAC

#36BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDAC
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -39.54, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 39.58, 182.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.1156 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.116 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1617, 40.1548, 45.3409)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDAC #BD3647

analogous

#36BD68 #36BDAC #368BBD

triadic

#36BDAC #AC36BD #BDAC36

tetradic

#36BDAC #6836BD #BD3647 #8BBD36

square

#36BDAC #6836BD #BD3647 #8BBD36

split-complementary

#36BDAC #BD368B #BD6836

monochromatic

#1B5E55 #288D81 #36BDAC #5FD1C3 #8FDFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#36BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#36BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDAC

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDAC	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c4',
    500: '#36bdac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdac;
$custom-light: #81d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72334,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDAC

secondary

#C9858E

accent

#495CDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDAC

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

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