#36A1AC#36A1AC

#36A1AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.096 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1AC
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -26.27, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 30.04, 209.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.087 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.096 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7094, 29.2501, 43.5234)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1AC #AC4136

analogous

#36AC7C #36A1AC #3666AC

triadic

#36A1AC #AC36A1 #A1AC36

tetradic

#36A1AC #7C36AC #AC4136 #66AC36

square

#36A1AC #7C36AC #AC4136 #66AC36

split-complementary

#36A1AC #AC3666 #AC7C36

monochromatic

#194A4F #27757D #36A1AC #55BFCA #84D1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#36A1AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#36A1AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1AC

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1AC	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.096 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbdc4',
    500: '#36a1ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1ac;
$custom-light: #7dbdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65372,
    "c": 0.09589,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1AC

secondary

#C2827C

accent

#5A4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1AC

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

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