#36A08C#36A08C

#36A08C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A08C
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 140)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 12.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -34.95, 1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 34.99, 177.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.1004 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.101 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8235, 27.8173, 29.1831)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A08C #A0364A

analogous

#36A057 #36A08C #367FA0

triadic

#36A08C #8C36A0 #A08C36

tetradic

#36A08C #5736A0 #A0364A #7FA036

square

#36A08C #5736A0 #A0364A #7FA036

split-complementary

#36A08C #A0367F #A05736

monochromatic

#17443C #277264 #36A08C #4FC4AE #7DD3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#36A08C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#36A08C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A08C

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A08C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A08C	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)

#9A968B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a08c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abcad',
    500: '#36a08c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a08c;
$custom-light: #7abcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a08c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.679,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64014,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A08C

secondary

#BC7583

accent

#4F69D9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A08C

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

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