#36A8A6#36A8A6

#36A8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.100 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8A6
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -31.49, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 32.55, 194.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0969 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.1 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4038, 31.5402, 40.9761)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8A6 #A83638

analogous

#36A86D #36A8A6 #3671A8

triadic

#36A8A6 #A636A8 #A8A636

tetradic

#36A8A6 #6D36A8 #A83638 #71A836

square

#36A8A6 #6D36A8 #A83638 #71A836

split-complementary

#36A8A6 #A83671 #A86D36

monochromatic

#184B4A #277A78 #36A8A6 #53C8C6 #82D7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#36A8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#36A8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8A6

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8A6	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.100 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc2c0',
    500: '#36a8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8a6;
$custom-light: #7dc2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.947,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66894,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8A6

secondary

#C07A7B

accent

#4D4FDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8A6

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

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