#36AEA8#36AEA8

#36AEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.104 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEA8
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -33.76, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 34.39, 190.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.1022 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.104 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7220, 33.8808, 42.3276)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEA8 #AE363C

analogous

#36AE6C #36AEA8 #3678AE

triadic

#36AEA8 #A836AE #AEA836

tetradic

#36AEA8 #6C36AE #AE363C #78AE36

square

#36AEA8 #6C36AE #AE363C #78AE36

split-complementary

#36AEA8 #AE3678 #AE6C36

monochromatic

#19514E #287F7B #36AEA8 #56CBC5 #85D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#36AEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#36AEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEA8

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEA8	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.104 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6c1',
    500: '#36aea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aea8;
$custom-light: #7ec6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68462,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEA8

secondary

#C37D80

accent

#4C53DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEA8

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

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