#36BDB6#36BDB6

#36BDB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDB6
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -36.78, -6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 37.41, 190.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.1111 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.113 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1585, 40.5535, 50.5905)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDB6 #BD363D

analogous

#36BD73 #36BDB6 #3680BD

triadic

#36BDB6 #B636BD #BDB636

tetradic

#36BDB6 #7336BD #BD363D #80BD36

square

#36BDB6 #7336BD #BD363D #80BD36

split-complementary

#36BDB6 #BD3680 #BD7336

monochromatic

#1B5E5A #288D88 #36BDB6 #5FD1CB #8FDFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#36BDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDB6

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDB6	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1cb',
    500: '#36bdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdb6;
$custom-light: #82d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72657,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDB6

secondary

#C98589

accent

#4951DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDB6

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

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