#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
RGBrgb(54, 189, 186)
HSLhsl(179, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(179, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.98, -35.64, -8.89)
CIE-LCHlch(69.98, 36.73, 194.00°)
OKLaboklab(72.79% -0.1093 -0.0247)
OKLCHoklch(72.79% 0.112 192.8)
XYZxyz(28.5778, 40.7212, 52.7987)
Luminance0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36BDBA1.002.309.159.15
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1521.001.001.00
##0000009.1521.001.001.00

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

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