#36BDB1#36BDB1

#36BDB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36BDB1
RGBrgb(54, 189, 177)
HSLhsl(175, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(175, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.72, -38.17, -4.34)
CIE-LCHlch(69.72, 38.42, 186.48°)
OKLaboklab(72.49% -0.1133 -0.0123)
OKLCHoklch(72.49% 0.114 186.2)
XYZxyz(27.6510, 40.3505, 47.9176)
Luminance0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36BDB1 #BD3642
analogous
#36BD6E #36BDB1 #3685BD
triadic
#36BDB1 #B136BD #BDB136
tetradic
#36BDB1 #6E36BD #BD3642 #85BD36
square
#36BDB1 #6E36BD #BD3642 #85BD36
split-complementary
#36BDB1 #BD3685 #BD6E36
monochromatic
#1B5E58 #288D84 #36BDB1 #5FD1C7 #8FDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#36BDB1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07
#36BDB1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDB1
9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36BDB1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36BDB11.002.329.079.07
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0721.001.001.00
##0000009.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3B2B1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0A4B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36bdb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 186.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c8',
    500: '#36bdb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36bdb1;
$custom-light: #81d1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36bdb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36BDB1
secondary
#C9858B
accent
#4956DF
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDB1

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#36BDB1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva