#36a596

Color #36a596

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 7.17 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#36a596

RGB

rgb(54, 165, 150)

HSL

hsl(171.9, 50.7%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.9, 67.3%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(61.56, -34.57, -1.34)

LCH

lch(61.56, 34.6, 182.22)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.1011, 182.38)

HWB

hwb(171.9, 21.2%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a53645

Analogous

#36a55e

#36a596

#367ca5

Triadic

#36a596

#9636a5

#a59636

Split-complementary

#36a596

#a5367c

#a55e36

Tetradic

#36a596

#3645a5

#a53645

#a59636

Square

#36a596

#5e36a5

#a53645

#7ca536

Shades

Color #36a596 mixed toward black.

#2d897d

#246e64

#1b524b

#123732

#091b19

Tints

Color #36a596 mixed toward white.

#48c3b3

#6dcfc2

#91dbd1

#b6e7e0

#daf3f0

Tones

Color #36a596 mixed toward gray.

#3f9c8f

#489288

#528982

#5b807b

#647774

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#77789a · ΔE 30.4

Deuteranopia

#71689b · ΔE 35.7

Tritanopia

#429d9d · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #36a596;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#36a596]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#36a596 (#36a596) is rgb(54, 165, 150) in RGB.

No, #36a596 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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