#36AA9D#36AA9D

#36AA9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.103 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AA9D
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 157)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 7.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -34.97, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 35.08, 184.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.103 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.103 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9790, 31.9655, 36.9034)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AA9D #AA3643

analogous

#36AA63 #36AA9D #367DAA

triadic

#36AA9D #9D36AA #AA9D36

tetradic

#36AA9D #6336AA #AA3643 #7DAA36

square

#36AA9D #6336AA #AA3643 #7DAA36

split-complementary

#36AA9D #AA367D #AA6336

monochromatic

#184D47 #277C72 #36AA9D #54C9BC #83D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#36AA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#36AA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AA9D

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AA9D	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)

#A2A09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aa9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.103 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4b9',
    500: '#36aa9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aa9d;
$custom-light: #7dc4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aa9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.276,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67094,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AA9D

secondary

#C17B83

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AA9D

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

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