#36A099#36A099

#36A099 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.095 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A099
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 153)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 4.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, -31.38, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 31.81, 189.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0943 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.095 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8393, 28.2236, 34.5329)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A099 #A0363D

analogous

#36A064 #36A099 #3672A0

triadic

#36A099 #9936A0 #A09936

tetradic

#36A099 #6436A0 #A0363D #72A036

square

#36A099 #6436A0 #A0363D #72A036

split-complementary

#36A099 #A03672 #A06436

monochromatic

#174441 #27726D #36A099 #4FC4BC #7DD3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#36A099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#36A099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A099

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A099	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.095 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbcb7',
    500: '#36a099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a099;
$custom-light: #7bbcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.038,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64435,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A099

secondary

#BC757A

accent

#4F58D9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A099

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

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