#36A5AE#36A5AE

#36A5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.098 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5AE
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -27.65, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 30.88, 206.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0902 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.098 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6131, 30.7479, 44.7794)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5AE #AE3F36

analogous

#36AE7B #36A5AE #3669AE

triadic

#36A5AE #AE36A5 #A5AE36

tetradic

#36A5AE #7B36AE #AE3F36 #69AE36

square

#36A5AE #7B36AE #AE3F36 #69AE36

split-complementary

#36A5AE #AE3669 #AE7B36

monochromatic

#194C51 #28797F #36A5AE #56C2CB #85D3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#36A5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#36A5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5AE

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5AE	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.098 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec0c6',
    500: '#36a5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5ae;
$custom-light: #7ec0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66439,
    "c": 0.09797,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5AE

secondary

#C3827D

accent

#574CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5AE

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

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