#36A8A5#36A8A5

#36A8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.100 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8A5
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -31.78, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 32.71, 193.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0973 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.1 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3124, 31.5036, 40.4949)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8A5 #A83639

analogous

#36A86C #36A8A5 #3672A8

triadic

#36A8A5 #A536A8 #A8A536

tetradic

#36A8A5 #6C36A8 #A83639 #72A836

square

#36A8A5 #6C36A8 #A83639 #72A836

split-complementary

#36A8A5 #A83672 #A86C36

monochromatic

#184B4A #277A78 #36A8A5 #53C8C5 #82D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#36A8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#36A8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8A5

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8A5	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.100 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc2bf',
    500: '#36a8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8a5;
$custom-light: #7dc2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66859,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8A5

secondary

#C07A7B

accent

#4D51DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8A5

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

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