#36AAB9#36AAB9

#36AAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.102 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AAB9
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 185)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -26.78, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 31.74, 212.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0907 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.102 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6492, 33.0336, 50.9666)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AAB9 #B94536

analogous

#36B987 #36AAB9 #3669B9

triadic

#36AAB9 #B936AA #AAB936

tetradic

#36AAB9 #8736B9 #B94536 #69B936

square

#36AAB9 #8736B9 #B94536 #69B936

split-complementary

#36AAB9 #B93669 #B98736

monochromatic

#1A535A #287E8A #36AAB9 #5DC2D0 #8CD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#36AAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#36AAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AAB9

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AAB9	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.102 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3ce',
    500: '#36aab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aab9;
$custom-light: #80c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.87,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68091,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AAB9

secondary

#C88B83

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AAB9

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

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