#36BDBF#36BDBF

#36BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BDBF
RGB	rgb(54, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -34.19, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 36.04, 198.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1071 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.112 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1186, 40.9376, 55.6472)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BDBF #BF3836

analogous

#36BF7C #36BDBF #3678BF

triadic

#36BDBF #BF36BD #BDBF36

tetradic

#36BDBF #7C36BF #BF3836 #78BF36

square

#36BDBF #7C36BF #BF3836 #78BF36

split-complementary

#36BDBF #BF3678 #BF7C36

monochromatic

#1B5F60 #298E8F #36BDBF #60D0D2 #90DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#36BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BDBF

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BDBF	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1d2',
    500: '#36bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bdbf;
$custom-light: #82d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.876,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72966,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BDBF

secondary

#CA8787

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BDBF

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

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