#36A698#36A698

#36A698 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.101 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A698
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 152)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -34.49, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 34.54, 183.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% -0.1012 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.101 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8224, 30.3214, 34.4549)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A698 #A63644

analogous

#36A660 #36A698 #367CA6

triadic

#36A698 #9836A6 #A69836

tetradic

#36A698 #6036A6 #A63644 #7CA636

square

#36A698 #6036A6 #A63644 #7CA636

split-complementary

#36A698 #A6367C #A66036

monochromatic

#184A43 #27786E #36A698 #52C7B8 #81D6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#36A698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#36A698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A698

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A698	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.101 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc1b6',
    500: '#36a698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a698;
$custom-light: #7cc1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65921,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A698

secondary

#BF7981

accent

#4D5FDA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A698

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

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