#36BDB2#36BDB2

#36BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDB2
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -37.89, -4.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 38.20, 187.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1129 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.114 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7510, 40.3905, 48.4444)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDB2 #BD3641

analogous

#36BD6E #36BDB2 #3685BD

triadic

#36BDB2 #B236BD #BDB236

tetradic

#36BDB2 #6E36BD #BD3641 #85BD36

square

#36BDB2 #6E36BD #BD3641 #85BD36

split-complementary

#36BDB2 #BD3685 #BD6E36

monochromatic

#1B5E58 #288D85 #36BDB2 #5FD1C8 #8FDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#36BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDB2

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDB2	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c9',
    500: '#36bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdb2;
$custom-light: #81d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDB2

secondary

#C9858B

accent

#4955DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDB2

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

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