#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
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 177)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -38.17, -4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 38.42, 186.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1133 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.114 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6510, 40.3505, 47.9176)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36BDB1	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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