#36A8A0#36A8A0

#36A8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.101 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8A0
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -33.20, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 33.60, 188.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0996 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.101 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8662, 31.3251, 38.1448)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8A0 #A8363E

analogous

#36A867 #36A8A0 #3677A8

triadic

#36A8A0 #A036A8 #A8A036

tetradic

#36A8A0 #6736A8 #A8363E #77A836

square

#36A8A0 #6736A8 #A8363E #77A836

split-complementary

#36A8A0 #A83677 #A86736

monochromatic

#184B48 #277A74 #36A8A0 #53C8C0 #82D7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#36A8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#36A8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8A0

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8A0	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.101 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc2bc',
    500: '#36a8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8a0;
$custom-light: #7dc2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.789,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66689,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8A0

secondary

#C07A7F

accent

#4D57DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8A0

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

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