#36A09F#36A09F

#36A09F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.094 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A09F
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 159)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -29.65, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 30.80, 195.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.0916 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.094 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3473, 28.4268, 37.2087)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A09F #A03637

analogous

#36A06A #36A09F #366CA0

triadic

#36A09F #9F36A0 #A09F36

tetradic

#36A09F #6A36A0 #A03637 #6CA036

square

#36A09F #6A36A0 #A03637 #6CA036

split-complementary

#36A09F #A0366C #A06A36

monochromatic

#174444 #277272 #36A09F #4FC4C3 #7DD3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#36A09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#36A09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A09F

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A09F	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.094 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbcbb',
    500: '#36a09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a09f;
$custom-light: #7cbcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.434,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64643,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A09F

secondary

#BC7576

accent

#4F50D9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A09F

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

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