#36A8A8#36A8A8

#36A8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.099 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8A8
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -30.91, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 32.27, 196.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.096 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.099 195)
XYZ	xyz(22.5887, 31.6141, 41.9498)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8A8 #A83636

analogous

#36A86F #36A8A8 #366FA8

triadic

#36A8A8 #A836A8 #A8A836

tetradic

#36A8A8 #6F36A8 #A83636 #6FA836

square

#36A8A8 #6F36A8 #A83636 #6FA836

split-complementary

#36A8A8 #A8366F #A86F36

monochromatic

#184B4B #277A7A #36A8A8 #53C8C8 #82D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#36A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#36A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8A8

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8A8	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.099 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec2c1',
    500: '#36a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8a8;
$custom-light: #7ec2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66965,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.31617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8A8

secondary

#C07A7A

accent

#4D4DDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8A8

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

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