#36BDB5#36BDB5

#36BDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDB5
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -37.06, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 37.60, 189.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.1115 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.113 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0555, 40.5123, 50.0481)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDB5 #BD363E

analogous

#36BD71 #36BDB5 #3682BD

triadic

#36BDB5 #B536BD #BDB536

tetradic

#36BDB5 #7136BD #BD363E #82BD36

square

#36BDB5 #7136BD #BD363E #82BD36

split-complementary

#36BDB5 #BD3682 #BD7136

monochromatic

#1B5E5A #288D87 #36BDB5 #5FD1CA #8FDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#36BDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#36BDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDB5

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDB5	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1cb',
    500: '#36bdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdb5;
$custom-light: #82d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72624,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDB5

secondary

#C98589

accent

#4952DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDB5

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

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