#36A5AA#36A5AA

#36A5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.098 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36A5AA
RGBrgb(54, 165, 170)
HSLhsl(183, 52%, 44%)
HSVhsv(183, 68%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.16, -28.86, -11.69)
CIE-LCHlch(62.16, 31.13, 202.06°)
OKLaboklab(66.29% -0.092 -0.0324)
OKLCHoklch(66.29% 0.098 199.4)
XYZxyz(22.2289, 30.5943, 42.7562)
Luminance0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36A5AA #AA3B36
analogous
#36AA75 #36A5AA #366BAA
triadic
#36A5AA #AA36A5 #A5AA36
tetradic
#36A5AA #7536AA #AA3B36 #6BAA36
square
#36A5AA #7536AA #AA3B36 #6BAA36
split-complementary
#36A5AA #AA366B #AA7536
monochromatic
#184B4D #27787C #36A5AA #54C4C9 #83D4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95
#36A5AA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12
#36A5AA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5AA
7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36A5AA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36A5AA1.002.957.127.12
#FFFFFF2.951.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1221.001.001.00
##0000007.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#999EAB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8891AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ABA6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36a5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.098 199.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc0c3',
    500: '#36a5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36a5aa;
$custom-light: #7dc0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36a5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.586,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6629,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36A5AA
secondary
#C17E7B
accent
#534DDB
background
#F8FBFB
surface
#EFF7F7
border
#CAD0D0
text
#0B1212
muted
#7C8181

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#36A5AA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva