#36BDBE#36BDBE

#36BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDBE
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -34.48, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 36.17, 197.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.1076 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.112 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0090, 40.8937, 55.0696)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDBE #BE3736

analogous

#36BE7B #36BDBE #3679BE

triadic

#36BDBE #BE36BD #BDBE36

tetradic

#36BDBE #7B36BE #BE3736 #79BE36

square

#36BDBE #7B36BE #BE3736 #79BE36

split-complementary

#36BDBE #BE3679 #BE7B36

monochromatic

#1B5E5F #288E8E #36BDBE #60D1D2 #8FDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#36BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDBE

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDBE	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1d1',
    500: '#36bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdbe;
$custom-light: #82d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.441,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72931,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDBE

secondary

#CA8686

accent

#4A49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDBE

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

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