#36A09D#36A09D

#36A09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.095 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A09D
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(178, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -30.23, -7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 31.10, 193.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0925 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.095 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1752, 28.3579, 36.3021)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A09D #A03639

analogous

#36A068 #36A09D #366EA0

triadic

#36A09D #9D36A0 #A09D36

tetradic

#36A09D #6836A0 #A03639 #6EA036

square

#36A09D #6836A0 #A03639 #6EA036

split-complementary

#36A09D #A0366E #A06836

monochromatic

#174443 #277270 #36A09D #4FC4C0 #7DD3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#36A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#36A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A09D

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A09D	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.095 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbcb9',
    500: '#36a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a09d;
$custom-light: #7cbcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64572,
    "c": 0.09472,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A09D

secondary

#BC7578

accent

#4F53D9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A09D

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

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