#36A0AA#36A0AA

#36A0AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.095 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0AA
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, -26.37, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 29.86, 207.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0868 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.095 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3447, 28.8257, 42.4614)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0AA #AA4036

analogous

#36AA7A #36A0AA #3666AA

triadic

#36A0AA #AA36A0 #A0AA36

tetradic

#36A0AA #7A36AA #AA4036 #66AA36

square

#36A0AA #7A36AA #AA4036 #66AA36

split-complementary

#36A0AA #AA3666 #AA7A36

monochromatic

#18494D #27747C #36A0AA #54BFC9 #83D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#36A0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#36A0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0AA

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0AA	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9399AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.095 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbcc3',
    500: '#36a0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0aa;
$custom-light: #7dbcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65048,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0AA

secondary

#C1817B

accent

#594DDB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0AA

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

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