#36A5AB#36A5AB

#36A5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5AB
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 171)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -28.56, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 31.06, 203.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0915 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3239, 30.6323, 43.2563)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5AB #AB3C36

analogous

#36AB77 #36A5AB #366BAB

triadic

#36A5AB #AB36A5 #A5AB36

tetradic

#36A5AB #7736AB #AB3C36 #6BAB36

square

#36A5AB #7736AB #AB3C36 #6BAB36

split-complementary

#36A5AB #AB366B #AB7736

monochromatic

#194B4E #27787C #36A5AB #55C3C9 #83D4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#36A5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#36A5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5AB

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5AB	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec0c4',
    500: '#36a5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5ab;
$custom-light: #7ec0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66327,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5AB

secondary

#C27F7B

accent

#544CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5AB

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

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