#36A29D#36A29D

#36A29D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.096 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A29D
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 157)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 3.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -31.20, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 31.84, 191.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0946 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.096 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5247, 29.0570, 36.4186)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A29D #A2363B

analogous

#36A267 #36A29D #3671A2

triadic

#36A29D #9D36A2 #A29D36

tetradic

#36A29D #6736A2 #A2363B #71A236

square

#36A29D #6736A2 #A2363B #71A236

split-complementary

#36A29D #A23671 #A26736

monochromatic

#174644 #277471 #36A29D #50C5BF #7ED4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#36A29D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#36A29D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A29D

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A29D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A29D	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a29d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.096 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbeb9',
    500: '#36a29d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a29d;
$custom-light: #7cbeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a29d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.222,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65076,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A29D

secondary

#BD777A

accent

#4E55DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A29D

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

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