#36A5A0#36A5A0

#36A5A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.098 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5A0
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 160)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -31.78, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 32.44, 191.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0964 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.098 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3187, 30.2302, 37.9624)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5A0 #A5363B

analogous

#36A568 #36A5A0 #3673A5

triadic

#36A5A0 #A036A5 #A5A036

tetradic

#36A5A0 #6836A5 #A5363B #73A536

square

#36A5A0 #6836A5 #A5363B #73A536

split-complementary

#36A5A0 #A53673 #A56836

monochromatic

#184947 #277773 #36A5A0 #52C6C1 #80D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#36A5A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#36A5A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5A0

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5A0	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)

#9B9DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B90A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.098 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc0bc',
    500: '#36a5a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5a0;
$custom-light: #7dc0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.297,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65934,
    "c": 0.09815,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5A0

secondary

#BF787B

accent

#4E54DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5A0

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

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