#36BDBC#36BDBC

#36BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDBC
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -35.06, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 36.43, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1084 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.112 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7919, 40.8069, 53.9263)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDBC #BD3637

analogous

#36BD79 #36BDBC #367ABD

triadic

#36BDBC #BC36BD #BDBC36

tetradic

#36BDBC #7936BD #BD3637 #7ABD36

square

#36BDBC #7936BD #BD3637 #7ABD36

split-complementary

#36BDBC #BD367A #BD7936

monochromatic

#1B5E5D #288D8D #36BDBC #5FD1D0 #8FDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#36BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDBC

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDBC	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1d0',
    500: '#36bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdbc;
$custom-light: #82d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72861,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDBC

secondary

#C98586

accent

#494ADF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDBC

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

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