#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
RGBrgb(54, 165, 160)
HSLhsl(177, 51%, 43%)
HSVhsv(177, 67%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 0%, 3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.85, -31.78, -6.54)
CIE-LCHlch(61.85, 32.44, 191.62°)
OKLaboklab(65.93% -0.0964 -0.0182)
OKLCHoklch(65.93% 0.098 190.7)
XYZxyz(21.3187, 30.2302, 37.9624)
Luminance0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36A5A01.002.987.057.05
#FFFFFF2.981.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0521.001.001.00
##0000007.0521.001.001.00

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

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#36A5A0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva