#36BDBA#36BDBA

#36BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDBA
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -35.64, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 36.73, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.1093 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.112 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5778, 40.7212, 52.7987)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDBA #BD3639

analogous

#36BD77 #36BDBA #367CBD

triadic

#36BDBA #BA36BD #BDBA36

tetradic

#36BDBA #7736BD #BD3639 #7CBD36

square

#36BDBA #7736BD #BD3639 #7CBD36

split-complementary

#36BDBA #BD367C #BD7736

monochromatic

#1B5E5C #288D8B #36BDBA #5FD1CF #8FDFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#36BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#36BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDBA

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDBA	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1ce',
    500: '#36bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdba;
$custom-light: #82d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72793,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDBA

secondary

#C98587

accent

#494CDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDBA

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

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