#36A48E#36A48E

#36A48E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.104 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A48E
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 142)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 13.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -36.25, 2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 36.33, 176.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.1038 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.104 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6769, 29.2860, 30.2017)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A48E #A4364C

analogous

#36A457 #36A48E #3683A4

triadic

#36A48E #8E36A4 #A48E36

tetradic

#36A48E #5736A4 #A4364C #83A436

square

#36A48E #5736A4 #A4364C #83A436

split-complementary

#36A48E #A43683 #A45736

monochromatic

#18483E #277666 #36A48E #51C6AF #7FD5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#36A48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#36A48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A48E

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A48E	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8F90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.104 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbfaf',
    500: '#36a48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a48e;
$custom-light: #7bbfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.651,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A48E

secondary

#BE7886

accent

#4E6ADA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A48E

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

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