#36A899#36A899

#36A899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.103 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A899
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -35.15, -1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 35.18, 182.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.1028 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.103 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2710, 31.0870, 35.0102)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A899 #A83645

analogous

#36A860 #36A899 #367EA8

triadic

#36A899 #9936A8 #A89936

tetradic

#36A899 #6036A8 #A83645 #7EA836

square

#36A899 #6036A8 #A83645 #7EA836

split-complementary

#36A899 #A8367E #A86036

monochromatic

#184B45 #277A6F #36A899 #53C8B9 #82D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#36A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#36A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A899

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A899	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)

#A09E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90929A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.103 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc2b7',
    500: '#36a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a899;
$custom-light: #7cc2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6646,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A899

secondary

#C07A83

accent

#4D60DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A899

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

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