#36A09E#36A09E

#36A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.095 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A09E
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -29.94, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 30.94, 194.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0921 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.095 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2609, 28.3922, 36.7536)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A09E #A03638

analogous

#36A069 #36A09E #366DA0

triadic

#36A09E #9E36A0 #A09E36

tetradic

#36A09E #6936A0 #A03638 #6DA036

square

#36A09E #6936A0 #A03638 #6DA036

split-complementary

#36A09E #A0366D #A06936

monochromatic

#174444 #277271 #36A09E #4FC4C2 #7DD3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#36A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#36A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A09E

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A09E	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.095 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbcba',
    500: '#36a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a09e;
$custom-light: #7cbcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64607,
    "c": 0.09459,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A09E

secondary

#BC7577

accent

#4F51D9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A09E

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

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