#36AA9E#36AA9E

#36AA9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.103 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AA9E
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 158)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -34.70, -3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 34.85, 185.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.1026 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.103 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0647, 31.9998, 37.3548)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AA9E #AA3642

analogous

#36AA64 #36AA9E #367CAA

triadic

#36AA9E #9E36AA #AA9E36

tetradic

#36AA9E #6436AA #AA3642 #7CAA36

square

#36AA9E #6436AA #AA3642 #7CAA36

split-complementary

#36AA9E #AA367C #AA6436

monochromatic

#184D48 #277C73 #36AA9E #54C9BD #83D8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#36AA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#36AA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AA9E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AA9E	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aa9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.103 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4ba',
    500: '#36aa9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aa9e;
$custom-light: #7dc4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aa9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67126,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AA9E

secondary

#C17B82

accent

#4D5BDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AA9E

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

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