#36AFAA#36AFAA

#36AFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.104 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AFAA
RGB	rgb(54, 175, 170)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -33.66, -7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 34.41, 191.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.1023 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.104 191)
XYZ	xyz(24.1037, 34.3437, 43.3811)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AFAA #AF363B

analogous

#36AF6E #36AFAA #3677AF

triadic

#36AFAA #AA36AF #AFAA36

tetradic

#36AFAA #6E36AF #AF363B #77AF36

square

#36AFAA #6E36AF #AF363B #77AF36

split-complementary

#36AFAA #AF3677 #AF6E36

monochromatic

#19514F #28807D #36AFAA #57CBC6 #86DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#36AFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#36AFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AFAA

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AFAA	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9399AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36afaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 175, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.104 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7c3',
    500: '#36afaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36afaa;
$custom-light: #7fc7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36afaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.521,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6878,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.34346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AFAA

secondary

#C37D80

accent

#4C52DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AFAA

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

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