#36BDB3#36BDB3

#36BDB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDB3
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -37.62, -5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 37.99, 188.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.1124 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.113 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8518, 40.4308, 48.9751)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDB3 #BD3640

analogous

#36BD70 #36BDB3 #3683BD

triadic

#36BDB3 #B336BD #BDB336

tetradic

#36BDB3 #7036BD #BD3640 #83BD36

square

#36BDB3 #7036BD #BD3640 #83BD36

split-complementary

#36BDB3 #BD3683 #BD7036

monochromatic

#1B5E59 #288D86 #36BDB3 #5FD1C9 #8FDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#36BDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDB3

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDB3	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c9',
    500: '#36bdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdb3;
$custom-light: #81d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72558,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDB3

secondary

#C9858A

accent

#4954DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDB3

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

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