#36A9AE#36A9AE

#36A9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.100 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9AE
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -29.62, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 31.92, 201.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0944 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.1 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3459, 32.2135, 45.0236)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9AE #AE3B36

analogous

#36AE77 #36A9AE #366DAE

triadic

#36A9AE #AE36A9 #A9AE36

tetradic

#36A9AE #7736AE #AE3B36 #6DAE36

square

#36A9AE #7736AE #AE3B36 #6DAE36

split-complementary

#36A9AE #AE366D #AE7736

monochromatic

#194E51 #287C7F #36A9AE #56C6CB #85D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#36A9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#36A9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9AE

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9AE	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.100 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec3c6',
    500: '#36a9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9ae;
$custom-light: #7ec3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6743,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9AE

secondary

#C3807D

accent

#524CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9AE

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

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