#36BDAE#36BDAE

#36BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDAE
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -39.00, -2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 39.10, 184.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.1147 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.115 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3552, 40.2322, 46.3601)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDAE #BD3645

analogous

#36BD6A #36BDAE #3689BD

triadic

#36BDAE #AE36BD #BDAE36

tetradic

#36BDAE #6A36BD #BD3645 #89BD36

square

#36BDAE #6A36BD #BD3645 #89BD36

split-complementary

#36BDAE #BD3689 #BD6A36

monochromatic

#1B5E56 #288D82 #36BDAE #5FD1C5 #8FDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#36BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDAE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDAE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c6',
    500: '#36bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdae;
$custom-light: #81d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72397,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDAE

secondary

#C9858D

accent

#495ADF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDAE

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

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