#36A8A4#36A8A4

#36A8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.100 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8A4
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -32.06, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 32.87, 192.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0978 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.1 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2217, 31.4673, 40.0174)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8A4 #A8363A

analogous

#36A86B #36A8A4 #3673A8

triadic

#36A8A4 #A436A8 #A8A436

tetradic

#36A8A4 #6B36A8 #A8363A #73A836

square

#36A8A4 #6B36A8 #A8363A #73A836

split-complementary

#36A8A4 #A83673 #A86B36

monochromatic

#184B4A #277A77 #36A8A4 #53C8C4 #82D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#36A8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#36A8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8A4

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8A4	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.100 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc2be',
    500: '#36a8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8a4;
$custom-light: #7dc2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66825,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8A4

secondary

#C07A7C

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8A4

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

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