#36BDB0#36BDB0

#36BDB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDB0
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -38.45, -3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 38.64, 185.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1138 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.114 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5517, 40.3108, 47.3946)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDB0 #BD3643

analogous

#36BD6C #36BDB0 #3687BD

triadic

#36BDB0 #B036BD #BDB036

tetradic

#36BDB0 #6C36BD #BD3643 #87BD36

square

#36BDB0 #6C36BD #BD3643 #87BD36

split-complementary

#36BDB0 #BD3687 #BD6C36

monochromatic

#1B5E57 #288D84 #36BDB0 #5FD1C6 #8FDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#36BDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#36BDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDB0

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDB0	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)

#B3B2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c7',
    500: '#36bdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdb0;
$custom-light: #81d1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72461,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDB0

secondary

#C9858C

accent

#4957DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDB0

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

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