#36AAB4#36AAB4

#36AAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.101 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAB4
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 5.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -28.31, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 31.81, 207.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0928 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.101 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1307, 32.8262, 48.2355)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAB4 #B44036

analogous

#36B47F #36AAB4 #366BB4

triadic

#36AAB4 #B436AA #AAB436

tetradic

#36AAB4 #7F36B4 #B44036 #6BB436

square

#36AAB4 #7F36B4 #B44036 #6BB436

split-complementary

#36AAB4 #B4366B #B47F36

monochromatic

#1A5156 #287E85 #36AAB4 #5AC4CD #89D5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#36AAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#36AAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAB4

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAB4	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A95B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.101 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc3ca',
    500: '#36aab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aab4;
$custom-light: #7fc3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.762,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.679,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAB4

secondary

#C68680

accent

#564BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAB4

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

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