#36A79D#36A79D

#36A79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.101 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A79D
RGB	rgb(54, 167, 157)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -33.57, -4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 33.82, 186.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% -0.0999 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.101 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4230, 30.8536, 36.7180)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A79D #A73640

analogous

#36A764 #36A79D #3678A7

triadic

#36A79D #9D36A7 #A79D36

tetradic

#36A79D #6436A7 #A73640 #78A736

square

#36A79D #6436A7 #A73640 #78A736

split-complementary

#36A79D #A73678 #A76436

monochromatic

#184B46 #277972 #36A79D #53C7BD #81D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#36A79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#36A79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A79D

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A79D	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E929E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 167, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.101 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc1b9',
    500: '#36a79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a79d;
$custom-light: #7dc1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.69,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66337,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A79D

secondary

#C0797F

accent

#4D5ADB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A79D

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

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