#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
RGBrgb(54, 189, 182)
HSLhsl(177, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(177, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.86, -36.78, -6.87)
CIE-LCHlch(69.86, 37.41, 190.58°)
OKLaboklab(72.66% -0.1111 -0.0192)
OKLCHoklch(72.66% 0.113 189.8)
XYZxyz(28.1585, 40.5535, 50.5905)
Luminance0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36BDB61.002.309.119.11
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1121.001.001.00
##0000009.1121.001.001.00

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

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#36BDB6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva