#36A8A9#36A8A9

#36A8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.099 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8A9
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -30.61, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 32.14, 197.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67% -0.0955 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.099 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6822, 31.6515, 42.4424)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8A9 #A93736

analogous

#36A970 #36A8A9 #366EA9

triadic

#36A8A9 #A936A8 #A8A936

tetradic

#36A8A9 #7036A9 #A93736 #6EA936

square

#36A8A9 #7036A9 #A93736 #6EA936

split-complementary

#36A8A9 #A9366E #A97036

monochromatic

#184C4C #277A7B #36A8A9 #54C7C8 #82D6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#36A8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#36A8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8A9

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8A9	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.099 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec2c2',
    500: '#36a8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8a9;
$custom-light: #7ec2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.522,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8A9

secondary

#C17B7A

accent

#4E4DDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8A9

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

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