#36BDAF#36BDAF

#36BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDAF
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -38.72, -3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 38.86, 184.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.1143 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.115 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4531, 40.2714, 46.8754)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDAF #BD3644

analogous

#36BD6C #36BDAF #3687BD

triadic

#36BDAF #AF36BD #BDAF36

tetradic

#36BDAF #6C36BD #BD3644 #87BD36

square

#36BDAF #6C36BD #BD3644 #87BD36

split-complementary

#36BDAF #BD3687 #BD6C36

monochromatic

#1B5E57 #288D83 #36BDAF #5FD1C5 #8FDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#36BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDAF

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDAF	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 184.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72429,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDAF

secondary

#C9858C

accent

#4958DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDAF

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

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