#36BDBB#36BDBB

#36BDBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDBB
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -35.35, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 36.58, 194.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1089 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.112 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6844, 40.7639, 53.3605)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDBB #BD3638

analogous

#36BD77 #36BDBB #367CBD

triadic

#36BDBB #BB36BD #BDBB36

tetradic

#36BDBB #7736BD #BD3638 #7CBD36

square

#36BDBB #7736BD #BD3638 #7CBD36

split-complementary

#36BDBB #BD367C #BD7736

monochromatic

#1B5E5D #288D8C #36BDBB #5FD1D0 #8FDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#36BDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDBB

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDBB	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B1B4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1cf',
    500: '#36bdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdbb;
$custom-light: #82d1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72827,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDBB

secondary

#C98586

accent

#494BDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDBB

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

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