#36A9AF#36A9AF

#36A9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.100 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9AF
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 175)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -29.32, -12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 31.84, 202.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0939 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.1 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4437, 32.2526, 45.5390)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9AF #AF3C36

analogous

#36AF78 #36A9AF #366DAF

triadic

#36A9AF #AF36A9 #A9AF36

tetradic

#36A9AF #7836AF #AF3C36 #6DAF36

square

#36A9AF #7836AF #AF3C36 #6DAF36

split-complementary

#36A9AF #AF366D #AF7836

monochromatic

#194F51 #287C80 #36A9AF #57C5CB #86D5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#36A9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#36A9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9AF

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9AF	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.100 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec3c6',
    500: '#36a9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9af;
$custom-light: #7ec3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.975,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67466,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9AF

secondary

#C3817D

accent

#534CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9AF

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

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