#36A4AA#36A4AA

#36A4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.097 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4AA
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 170)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -28.36, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 30.86, 203.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0909 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.097 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0493, 30.2350, 42.6963)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4AA #AA3C36

analogous

#36AA76 #36A4AA #366AAA

triadic

#36A4AA #AA36A4 #A4AA36

tetradic

#36A4AA #7636AA #AA3C36 #6AAA36

square

#36A4AA #7636AA #AA3C36 #6AAA36

split-complementary

#36A4AA #AA366A #AA7636

monochromatic

#184A4D #27777C #36A4AA #54C3C9 #83D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#36A4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#36A4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4AA

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4AA	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.097 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbfc3',
    500: '#36a4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4aa;
$custom-light: #7dbfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.103,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66041,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4AA

secondary

#C17E7B

accent

#544DDB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4AA

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

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