#36A49E#36A49E

#36A49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.098 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A49E
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -31.87, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 32.42, 190.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0963 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.098 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9655, 29.8015, 36.9884)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A49E #A4363C

analogous

#36A467 #36A49E #3673A4

triadic

#36A49E #9E36A4 #A49E36

tetradic

#36A49E #6736A4 #A4363C #73A436

square

#36A49E #6736A4 #A4363C #73A436

split-complementary

#36A49E #A43673 #A46736

monochromatic

#184845 #277672 #36A49E #51C6BF #7FD5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#36A49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#36A49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A49E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A49E	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.098 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbfba',
    500: '#36a49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a49e;
$custom-light: #7cbfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.727,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65614,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A49E

secondary

#BE787B

accent

#4E55DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A49E

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

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