#36AEA0#36AEA0

#36AEA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.106 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEA0
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 160)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -36.00, -2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 36.08, 183.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.1058 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.106 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9995, 33.5918, 38.5226)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEA0 #AE3644

analogous

#36AE64 #36AEA0 #3680AE

triadic

#36AEA0 #A036AE #AEA036

tetradic

#36AEA0 #6436AE #AE3644 #80AE36

square

#36AEA0 #6436AE #AE3644 #80AE36

split-complementary

#36AEA0 #AE3680 #AE6436

monochromatic

#19514A #287F75 #36AEA0 #56CBBD #85D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#36AEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#36AEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEA0

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEA0	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.106 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7bc',
    500: '#36aea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aea0;
$custom-light: #7ec7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68198,
    "c": 0.10607,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEA0

secondary

#C37D85

accent

#4C5DDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEA0

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

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