#36ACAE#36ACAE

#36ACAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36ACAE
RGB	rgb(54, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -31.08, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 32.81, 198.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0974 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.102 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9104, 33.3425, 45.2118)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36ACAE #AE3836

analogous

#36AE74 #36ACAE #3670AE

triadic

#36ACAE #AE36AC #ACAE36

tetradic

#36ACAE #7436AE #AE3836 #70AE36

square

#36ACAE #7436AE #AE3836 #70AE36

split-complementary

#36ACAE #AE3670 #AE7436

monochromatic

#195051 #287E7F #36ACAE #56C9CB #85D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#36ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#36ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36ACAE

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36ACAE	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E97AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5c6',
    500: '#36acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36acae;
$custom-light: #7fc5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68174,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36ACAE

secondary

#C37E7D

accent

#4E4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36ACAE

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

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