#36A4AB#36A4AB

#36A4AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.097 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4AB
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 171)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -28.06, -12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 30.79, 204.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0905 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.097 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1442, 30.2729, 43.1964)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4AB #AB3D36

analogous

#36AB78 #36A4AB #366AAB

triadic

#36A4AB #AB36A4 #A4AB36

tetradic

#36A4AB #7836AB #AB3D36 #6AAB36

square

#36A4AB #7836AB #AB3D36 #6AAB36

split-complementary

#36A4AB #AB366A #AB7836

monochromatic

#194B4E #27777C #36A4AB #55C2C9 #83D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#36A4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#36A4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4AB

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4AB	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.097 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbfc4',
    500: '#36a4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4ab;
$custom-light: #7dbfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66079,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4AB

secondary

#C27F7B

accent

#554CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4AB

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

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