#36A3AF#36A3AF

#36A3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.097 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3AF
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -26.35, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 30.41, 209.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0877 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.097 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3530, 30.0712, 45.1754)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3AF #AF4236

analogous

#36AF7E #36A3AF #3667AF

triadic

#36A3AF #AF36A3 #A3AF36

tetradic

#36A3AF #7E36AF #AF4236 #67AF36

square

#36A3AF #7E36AF #AF4236 #67AF36

split-complementary

#36A3AF #AF3667 #AF7E36

monochromatic

#194C51 #287780 #36A3AF #57C0CB #86D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#36A3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#36A3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3AF

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3AF	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8490AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.097 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebec6',
    500: '#36a3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3af;
$custom-light: #7ebec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.95,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65983,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3AF

secondary

#C3847D

accent

#5A4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3AF

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

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