#36A09A#36A09A

#36A09A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.095 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A09A
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 154)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -31.09, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 31.62, 190.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0939 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.095 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9222, 28.2568, 34.9697)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A09A #A0363C

analogous

#36A065 #36A09A #3671A0

triadic

#36A09A #9A36A0 #A09A36

tetradic

#36A09A #6536A0 #A0363C #71A036

square

#36A09A #6536A0 #A0363C #71A036

split-complementary

#36A09A #A03671 #A06536

monochromatic

#174442 #27726E #36A09A #4FC4BD #7DD3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#36A09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#36A09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A09A

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A09A	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)

#97989A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.095 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbcb7',
    500: '#36a09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a09a;
$custom-light: #7bbcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64469,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A09A

secondary

#BC757A

accent

#4F57D9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A09A

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

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