#36A49D#36A49D

#36A49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.098 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A49D
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 157)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, -32.15, -5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 32.61, 189.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0968 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.098 189)
XYZ	xyz(20.8798, 29.7672, 36.5370)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A49D #A4363D

analogous

#36A466 #36A49D #3674A4

triadic

#36A49D #9D36A4 #A49D36

tetradic

#36A49D #6636A4 #A4363D #74A436

square

#36A49D #6636A4 #A4363D #74A436

split-complementary

#36A49D #A43674 #A46636

monochromatic

#184845 #277671 #36A49D #51C6BE #7FD5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#36A49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#36A49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A49D

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A49D	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.098 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbfb9',
    500: '#36a49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a49d;
$custom-light: #7cbfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6558,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.2977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A49D

secondary

#BE787C

accent

#4E57DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A49D

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

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