#36A1AA#36A1AA

#36A1AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.096 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1AA
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -26.88, -13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 30.09, 206.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0878 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.096 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5187, 29.1738, 42.5194)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1AA #AA3F36

analogous

#36AA79 #36A1AA #3667AA

triadic

#36A1AA #AA36A1 #A1AA36

tetradic

#36A1AA #7936AA #AA3F36 #67AA36

square

#36A1AA #7936AA #AA3F36 #67AA36

split-complementary

#36A1AA #AA3667 #AA7936

monochromatic

#18494D #27757C #36A1AA #54C0C9 #83D1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#36A1AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#36A1AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1AA

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1AA	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.096 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbdc3',
    500: '#36a1aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1aa;
$custom-light: #7dbdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.655,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65296,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1AA

secondary

#C1807B

accent

#584DDB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1AA

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

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