#36A8A2#36A8A2

#36A8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.100 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8A2
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -32.64, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 33.22, 190.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0987 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.1 190)
XYZ	xyz(22.0426, 31.3957, 39.0737)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8A2 #A8363C

analogous

#36A869 #36A8A2 #3675A8

triadic

#36A8A2 #A236A8 #A8A236

tetradic

#36A8A2 #6936A8 #A8363C #75A836

square

#36A8A2 #6936A8 #A8363C #75A836

split-complementary

#36A8A2 #A83675 #A86936

monochromatic

#184B49 #277A75 #36A8A2 #53C8C2 #82D7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#36A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#36A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8A2

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8A2	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.100 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc2bd',
    500: '#36a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8a2;
$custom-light: #7dc2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66756,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.31398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8A2

secondary

#C07A7D

accent

#4D54DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8A2

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

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