#36AEA9#36AEA9

#36AEA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.104 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEA9
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 169)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -33.48, -7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 34.21, 191.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.1017 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.104 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8155, 33.9182, 42.8201)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEA9 #AE363B

analogous

#36AE6D #36AEA9 #3677AE

triadic

#36AEA9 #A936AE #AEA936

tetradic

#36AEA9 #6D36AE #AE363B #77AE36

square

#36AEA9 #6D36AE #AE363B #77AE36

split-complementary

#36AEA9 #AE3677 #AE6D36

monochromatic

#19514E #287F7C #36AEA9 #56CBC6 #85D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#36AEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#36AEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEA9

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEA9	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)

#A4A5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.104 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6c2',
    500: '#36aea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aea9;
$custom-light: #7fc6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68496,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEA9

secondary

#C37D80

accent

#4C52DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEA9

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

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