#36A3AA#36A3AA

#36A3AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.096 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3AA
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 170)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -27.87, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 30.59, 204.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0899 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.096 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8710, 29.8784, 42.6369)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3AA #AA3D36

analogous

#36AA77 #36A3AA #3669AA

triadic

#36A3AA #AA36A3 #A3AA36

tetradic

#36A3AA #7736AA #AA3D36 #69AA36

square

#36A3AA #7736AA #AA3D36 #69AA36

split-complementary

#36A3AA #AA3669 #AA7736

monochromatic

#184A4D #27767C #36A3AA #54C2C9 #83D2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#36A3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#36A3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3AA

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3AA	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.096 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbec3',
    500: '#36a3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3aa;
$custom-light: #7dbec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.621,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65793,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3AA

secondary

#C17F7B

accent

#554DDB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3AA

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

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