#36A4AC#36A4AC

#36A4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4AC
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -27.76, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 30.73, 205.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% -0.0901 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2399, 30.3112, 43.7003)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4AC #AC3E36

analogous

#36AC79 #36A4AC #3669AC

triadic

#36A4AC #AC36A4 #A4AC36

tetradic

#36A4AC #7936AC #AC3E36 #69AC36

square

#36A4AC #7936AC #AC3E36 #69AC36

split-complementary

#36A4AC #AC3669 #AC7936

monochromatic

#194B4F #27787D #36A4AC #55C2CA #84D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#36A4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#36A4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4AC

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4AC	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#989DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebfc4',
    500: '#36a4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4ac;
$custom-light: #7ebfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.068,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66116,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4AC

secondary

#C2817C

accent

#564CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4AC

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

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