#36A2AE#36A2AE

#36A2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.097 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2AE
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -26.16, -15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 30.22, 210.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0871 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.097 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0783, 29.6784, 44.6011)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2AE #AE4236

analogous

#36AE7E #36A2AE #3666AE

triadic

#36A2AE #AE36A2 #A2AE36

tetradic

#36A2AE #7E36AE #AE4236 #66AE36

square

#36A2AE #7E36AE #AE4236 #66AE36

split-complementary

#36A2AE #AE3666 #AE7E36

monochromatic

#194B51 #28777F #36A2AE #56BFCB #85D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#36A2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#36A2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2AE

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2AE	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.097 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebec6',
    500: '#36a2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2ae;
$custom-light: #7ebec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65697,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2AE

secondary

#C3847D

accent

#5A4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2AE

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

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