#36A6AE#36A6AE

#36A6AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.098 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6AE
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 174)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -28.15, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 31.12, 205.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0913 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.098 202)
XYZ	xyz(22.7942, 31.1101, 44.8397)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6AE #AE3E36

analogous

#36AE7A #36A6AE #366AAE

triadic

#36A6AE #AE36A6 #A6AE36

tetradic

#36A6AE #7A36AE #AE3E36 #6AAE36

square

#36A6AE #7A36AE #AE3E36 #6AAE36

split-complementary

#36A6AE #AE366A #AE7A36

monochromatic

#194D51 #28797F #36A6AE #56C3CB #85D4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#36A6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#36A6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6AE

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6AE	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.098 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec1c6',
    500: '#36a6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6ae;
$custom-light: #7ec1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66686,
    "c": 0.09843,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.31113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6AE

secondary

#C3827D

accent

#554CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6AE

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

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