#36A6AA#36A6AA

#36A6AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.098 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6AA
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 170)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -29.35, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 31.42, 200.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.093 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.098 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4100, 30.9564, 42.8165)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6AA #AA3A36

analogous

#36AA74 #36A6AA #366CAA

triadic

#36A6AA #AA36A6 #A6AA36

tetradic

#36A6AA #7436AA #AA3A36 #6CAA36

square

#36A6AA #7436AA #AA3A36 #6CAA36

split-complementary

#36A6AA #AA366C #AA7436

monochromatic

#184B4D #27797C #36A6AA #54C5C9 #83D5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#36A6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#36A6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6AA

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6AA	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.098 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec1c3',
    500: '#36a6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6aa;
$custom-light: #7ec1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.069,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66539,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6AA

secondary

#C17D7B

accent

#514DDB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6AA

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

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