#36A2AD#36A2AD

#36A2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.097 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2AD
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -26.46, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 30.23, 208.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% -0.0876 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.097 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9812, 29.6396, 44.0896)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2AD #AD4136

analogous

#36AD7D #36A2AD #3667AD

triadic

#36A2AD #AD36A2 #A2AD36

tetradic

#36A2AD #7D36AD #AD4136 #67AD36

square

#36A2AD #7D36AD #AD4136 #67AD36

split-complementary

#36A2AD #AD3667 #AD7D36

monochromatic

#194B50 #27767E #36A2AD #56BFCA #85D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#36A2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#36A2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2AD

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2AD	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.097 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbec5',
    500: '#36a2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2ad;
$custom-light: #7dbec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.546,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65658,
    "c": 0.09651,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2AD

secondary

#C2837C

accent

#594CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2AD

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

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