#36A49F#36A49F

#36A49F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.098 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A49F
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 159)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -31.59, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 32.24, 191.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.0958 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.098 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0519, 29.8360, 37.4436)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A49F #A4363B

analogous

#36A468 #36A49F #3672A4

triadic

#36A49F #9F36A4 #A49F36

tetradic

#36A49F #6836A4 #A4363B #72A436

square

#36A49F #6836A4 #A4363B #72A436

split-complementary

#36A49F #A43672 #A46836

monochromatic

#184846 #277672 #36A49F #51C6C1 #7FD5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#36A49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#36A49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A49F

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A49F	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.098 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbfbb',
    500: '#36a49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a49f;
$custom-light: #7cbfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65649,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A49F

secondary

#BE787B

accent

#4E54DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A49F

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

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