#36A4AE#36A4AE

#36A4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.098 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4AE
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, -27.16, -14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 30.65, 207.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0892 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.098 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4334, 30.3886, 44.7195)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4AE #AE4036

analogous

#36AE7C #36A4AE #3668AE

triadic

#36A4AE #AE36A4 #A4AE36

tetradic

#36A4AE #7C36AE #AE4036 #68AE36

square

#36A4AE #7C36AE #AE4036 #68AE36

split-complementary

#36A4AE #AE3668 #AE7C36

monochromatic

#194C51 #28787F #36A4AE #56C1CB #85D2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#36A4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#36A4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4AE

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4AE	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.098 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebfc6',
    500: '#36a4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4ae;
$custom-light: #7ebfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66191,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4AE

secondary

#C3837D

accent

#584CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4AE

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

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