#36AEAD#36AEAD

#36AEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.103 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AEAD
RGB	rgb(54, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -32.33, -9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 33.58, 195.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0999 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.103 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1968, 34.0707, 44.8281)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AEAD #AE3637

analogous

#36AE71 #36AEAD #3673AE

triadic

#36AEAD #AD36AE #AEAD36

tetradic

#36AEAD #7136AE #AE3637 #73AE36

square

#36AEAD #7136AE #AE3637 #73AE36

split-complementary

#36AEAD #AE3673 #AE7136

monochromatic

#195150 #287F7F #36AEAD #56CBCA #85D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#36AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#36AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AEAD

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AEAD	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.103 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6c5',
    500: '#36aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36aead;
$custom-light: #7fc6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68635,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AEAD

secondary

#C37D7D

accent

#4C4DDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AEAD

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

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