#36AA9F#36AA9F

#36AA9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.103 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AA9F
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 159)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -34.42, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 34.62, 186.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.1021 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.103 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1511, 32.0344, 37.8100)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AA9F #AA3641

analogous

#36AA65 #36AA9F #367BAA

triadic

#36AA9F #9F36AA #AA9F36

tetradic

#36AA9F #6536AA #AA3641 #7BAA36

square

#36AA9F #6536AA #AA3641 #7BAA36

split-complementary

#36AA9F #AA367B #AA6536

monochromatic

#184D48 #277C74 #36AA9F #54C9BE #83D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#36AA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#36AA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AA9F

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AA9F	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9094A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aa9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.103 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4bb',
    500: '#36aa9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aa9f;
$custom-light: #7dc4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aa9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.31,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67159,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AA9F

secondary

#C17B81

accent

#4D5ADB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AA9F

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

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