#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
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -28.86, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 31.13, 202.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.092 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.098 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2289, 30.5943, 42.7562)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##36A5AA	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5AA

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

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