#36BDAD#36BDAD

#36BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDAD
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -39.27, -2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 39.34, 183.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1152 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.115 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2581, 40.1934, 45.8486)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDAD #BD3646

analogous

#36BD69 #36BDAD #3689BD

triadic

#36BDAD #AD36BD #BDAD36

tetradic

#36BDAD #6936BD #BD3646 #89BD36

square

#36BDAD #6936BD #BD3646 #89BD36

split-complementary

#36BDAD #BD3689 #BD6936

monochromatic

#1B5E56 #288D81 #36BDAD #5FD1C4 #8FDFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#36BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDAD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDAD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c5',
    500: '#36bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdad;
$custom-light: #81d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72365,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDAD

secondary

#C9858D

accent

#495BDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDAD

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

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