#36AAAC#36AAAC

#36AAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.101 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAAC
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -30.70, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 32.42, 198.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0963 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.101 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3391, 32.5096, 44.0667)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAAC #AC3836

analogous

#36AC73 #36AAAC #366FAC

triadic

#36AAAC #AC36AA #AAAC36

tetradic

#36AAAC #7336AC #AC3836 #6FAC36

square

#36AAAC #7336AC #AC3836 #6FAC36

split-complementary

#36AAAC #AC366F #AC7336

monochromatic

#194E4F #277C7D #36AAAC #55C8CA #84D7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#36AAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#36AAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAAC

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAAC	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.101 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec3c4',
    500: '#36aaac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aaac;
$custom-light: #7ec3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.017,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67605,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAAC

secondary

#C27D7C

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAAC

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

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