#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
RGBrgb(54, 189, 179)
HSLhsl(176, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(176, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.78, -37.62, -5.35)
CIE-LCHlch(69.78, 37.99, 188.10°)
OKLaboklab(72.56% -0.1124 -0.0151)
OKLCHoklch(72.56% 0.113 187.6)
XYZxyz(27.8518, 40.4308, 48.9751)
Luminance0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36BDB31.002.319.099.09
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0921.001.001.00
##0000009.0921.001.001.00

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

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#36BDB3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva