#36A8A1#36A8A1

#36A8A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.100 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8A1
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 161)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 4.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -32.92, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 33.41, 189.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0991 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.1 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9540, 31.3602, 38.6074)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8A1 #A8363D

analogous

#36A868 #36A8A1 #3676A8

triadic

#36A8A1 #A136A8 #A8A136

tetradic

#36A8A1 #6836A8 #A8363D #76A836

square

#36A8A1 #6836A8 #A8363D #76A836

split-complementary

#36A8A1 #A83676 #A86836

monochromatic

#184B48 #277A75 #36A8A1 #53C8C1 #82D7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#36A8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#36A8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8A1

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8A1	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)

#9F9FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.100 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc2bc',
    500: '#36a8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8a1;
$custom-light: #7dc2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.316,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66722,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8A1

secondary

#C07A7E

accent

#4D56DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8A1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →