#36A08B#36A08B

#36A08B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A08B
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 13.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -35.21, 2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 35.28, 176.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.1009 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.101 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7501, 27.7879, 28.7965)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A08B #A0364B

analogous

#36A056 #36A08B #3680A0

triadic

#36A08B #8B36A0 #A08B36

tetradic

#36A08B #5636A0 #A0364B #80A036

square

#36A08B #5636A0 #A0364B #80A036

split-complementary

#36A08B #A03680 #A05636

monochromatic

#17443B #277263 #36A08B #4FC4AD #7DD3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#36A08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#36A08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A08B

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A08B	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A968A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abdac',
    500: '#36a08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a08b;
$custom-light: #7abdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.113,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63984,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A08B

secondary

#BC7584

accent

#4F6AD9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A08B

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

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