#36AA8A#36AA8A

#36AA8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.114 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AA8A
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -39.96, 7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 40.60, 169.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.112 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.114 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4812, 31.3664, 29.0148)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AA8A #AA3656

analogous

#36AA50 #36AA8A #3690AA

triadic

#36AA8A #8A36AA #AA8A36

tetradic

#36AA8A #5036AA #AA3656 #90AA36

square

#36AA8A #5036AA #AA3656 #90AA36

split-complementary

#36AA8A #AA3690 #AA5036

monochromatic

#184D3F #277C64 #36AA8A #54C9A9 #83D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#36AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#36AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AA8A

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AA8A	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.114 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc4ac',
    500: '#36aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aa8a;
$custom-light: #7cc4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.448,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66522,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AA8A

secondary

#C17B8E

accent

#4D74DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AA8A

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

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