#36BDB4#36BDB4

#36BDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDB4
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -37.34, -5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 37.79, 188.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.112 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.113 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9533, 40.4714, 49.5097)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDB4 #BD363F

analogous

#36BD70 #36BDB4 #3682BD

triadic

#36BDB4 #B436BD #BDB436

tetradic

#36BDB4 #7036BD #BD363F #82BD36

square

#36BDB4 #7036BD #BD363F #82BD36

split-complementary

#36BDB4 #BD3682 #BD7036

monochromatic

#1B5E59 #288D87 #36BDB4 #5FD1CA #8FDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#36BDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDB4

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDB4	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)

#B2B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1ca',
    500: '#36bdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdb4;
$custom-light: #81d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72591,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDB4

secondary

#C9858A

accent

#4953DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDB4

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

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