#36A0AC#36A0AC

#36A0AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.096 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0AC
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -25.76, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 29.83, 210.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0859 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.096 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5353, 28.9020, 43.4654)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0AC #AC4236

analogous

#36AC7D #36A0AC #3665AC

triadic

#36A0AC #AC36A0 #A0AC36

tetradic

#36A0AC #7D36AC #AC4236 #65AC36

square

#36A0AC #7D36AC #AC4236 #65AC36

split-complementary

#36A0AC #AC3665 #AC7D36

monochromatic

#19494F #27757D #36A0AC #55BECA #84D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#36A0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#36A0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0AC

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0AC	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.096 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbcc4',
    500: '#36a0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0ac;
$custom-light: #7dbcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65125,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0AC

secondary

#C2837C

accent

#5B4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0AC

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

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