#36BDBD#36BDBD

#36BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDBD
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -34.77, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 36.30, 196.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.108 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.112 195)
XYZ	xyz(28.9000, 40.8501, 54.4960)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDBD #BD3636

analogous

#36BD79 #36BDBD #3679BD

triadic

#36BDBD #BD36BD #BDBD36

tetradic

#36BDBD #7936BD #BD3636 #79BD36

square

#36BDBD #7936BD #BD3636 #79BD36

split-complementary

#36BDBD #BD3679 #BD7936

monochromatic

#1B5E5E #288D8D #36BDBD #5FD1D1 #8FDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#36BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDBD

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDBD	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 195.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72896,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.40854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDBD

secondary

#C98585

accent

#4949DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDBD

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

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