#36A08A#36A08A

#36A08A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.102 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A08A
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -35.48, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 35.57, 175.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.1014 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.102 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6774, 27.7588, 28.4135)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A08A #A0364C

analogous

#36A055 #36A08A #3681A0

triadic

#36A08A #8A36A0 #A08A36

tetradic

#36A08A #5536A0 #A0364C #81A036

square

#36A08A #5536A0 #A0364C #81A036

split-complementary

#36A08A #A03681 #A05536

monochromatic

#17443B #277263 #36A08A #4FC4AC #7DD3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#36A08A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#36A08A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A08A

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A08A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A08A	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a08a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.102 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abdac',
    500: '#36a08a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a08a;
$custom-light: #7abdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a08a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.547,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63954,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A08A

secondary

#BC7584

accent

#4F6BD9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A08A

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

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