#36BDB7#36BDB7

#36BDB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36BDB7
RGBrgb(54, 189, 183)
HSLhsl(177, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(177, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.89, -36.49, -7.37)
CIE-LCHlch(69.89, 37.23, 191.42°)
OKLaboklab(72.69% -0.1107 -0.0206)
OKLCHoklch(72.69% 0.113 190.6)
XYZxyz(28.2622, 40.5950, 51.1367)
Luminance0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36BDB7 #BD363C
analogous
#36BD73 #36BDB7 #3680BD
triadic
#36BDB7 #B736BD #BDB736
tetradic
#36BDB7 #7336BD #BD363C #80BD36
square
#36BDB7 #7336BD #BD363C #80BD36
split-complementary
#36BDB7 #BD3680 #BD7336
monochromatic
#1B5E5B #288D89 #36BDB7 #5FD1CC #8FDFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#36BDB7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12
#36BDB7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDB7
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36BDB7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36BDB71.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2B3B7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA5B8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36bdb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 190.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1cc',
    500: '#36bdb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36bdb7;
$custom-light: #82d1cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36bdb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72691,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36BDB7
secondary
#C98588
accent
#4950DF
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDB7

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#36BDB7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva