#36AA9C#36AA9C

#36AA9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.104 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AA9C
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 156)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -35.25, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 35.32, 183.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.1035 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.104 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8940, 31.9315, 36.4556)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AA9C #AA3644

analogous

#36AA62 #36AA9C #367EAA

triadic

#36AA9C #9C36AA #AA9C36

tetradic

#36AA9C #6236AA #AA3644 #7EAA36

square

#36AA9C #6236AA #AA3644 #7EAA36

split-complementary

#36AA9C #AA367E #AA6236

monochromatic

#184D47 #277C71 #36AA9C #54C9BB #83D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#36AA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#36AA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AA9C

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AA9C	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aa9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.104 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4b9',
    500: '#36aa9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aa9c;
$custom-light: #7dc4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aa9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.759,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67061,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AA9C

secondary

#C17B83

accent

#4D5EDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AA9C

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

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