#36b5a6 Color Information

#36b5a6 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #36b5a6. In RGB, it consists of 21.2% Red, 71.0% Green, and 65.1% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 70.2% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 8.3% Yellow, and 29% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 172.9°, with saturation of 54% and lightness of 46.1%. The decimal value for #36b5a6 is 3585446, and its nearest "web safe" color is #33cc99. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #36b5a6 is green. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is cyan. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#36b5a6 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color54, 181, 166 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color21.2%, 71.0%, 65.1% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.788, 0.290, 0.349 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.702, 0, 0.083, 0.29 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color172.9°, 54.0%, 46.1% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color172.9°, 70.2%, 71.0% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color24.928, 36.585, 41.824 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color54, 121, 181 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code3585446 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color66.965, -37.555, -2.342 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)66.965, 37.627, 183.569 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color66.965, -48.077, 2.261 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color60.486, -32.284, 1.343 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.241, 0.354, 36.585 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4281775526 / 0xff36b5a6 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#33cc99 Copy
Last Updated: December 4, 2024

Shades of #36b5a6

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #36b5a6, its pure hue is 172.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 54.0%, and its lightness is 46.1%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #36b5a6, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #071715 to #2f9e91.

Tints of #36b5a6

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #36b5a6, its pure hue is 172.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 54.0%, and its lightness is 46.1%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #36b5a6, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #4fbeb1 to #e6f6f4.

Tones of #36b5a6

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #36b5a6, its pure hue is 172.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 54.0%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #36b5a6, which range from #767676 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #00ebcf (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #36b5a6

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #36b5a6! For #36b5a6, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #36b5a6. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #36b5a6

This color, #36b5a6, consists of 21.2% Red, 71.0% Green, and 65.1% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 54, Green = 181, Blue = 166. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #36b5a6 is 70.2% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 8.3% Yellow, and 29% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R21.2%
C70.2%
G71.0%
M0.0%
B65.1%
Y8.3%
K29.0%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 54 181 166
Octal 66 265 246
Hexa #36 #b5 #a6
Binary 00110110 10110101 10100110
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 70 0 8 29
Octal 106 0 10 35
Hexa #46 #00 #08 #1d
Binary 01000110 00000000 00001000 00011101

Analogous Colors of #36b5a6

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #36b5a6 — which has hue 172.9° — its analogous colors are located at 142.9° and 202.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #36b5a6.

Triadic Colors of #36b5a6

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #36b5a6 — which has hue 172.9° — its triadic colors are located at 52.9° and 292.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #36b5a6.

Complementary Color of #36b5a6

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #36b5a6 — which has hue 172.9° — its complementary color is located at 352.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #36b5a6.

Split Complementary Colors of #36b5a6

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #36b5a6 — which has hue 172.9° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 22.9° and 322.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #36b5a6.

Tetradic Colors of #36b5a6

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #36b5a6 — which has hue 172.9° — its tetradic colors are located at 82.9°, 172.9°, 262.9°, and 352.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #36b5a6.

Monochromatic Colors of #36b5a6

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #36b5a6, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #294d49 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #74eddf (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #36b5a6

We want to make getting started with #36b5a6 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #36b5a6 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #36b5a6 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #36b5a6 with other HTML elements.

#36b5a6 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #36b5a6.
<span style="color: #36b5a6;">The color of this text is #36b5a6.</span>

#36b5a6 Background Color

The background color for this text is #36b5a6.
<div style="background-color: #36b5a6; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #36b5a6.</div>

#36b5a6 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #36b5a6.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #36b5a6;">This color for the shadow of this text is #36b5a6.</span>

#36b5a6 Border Color

This is a div with border color #36b5a6.
<div style="border: #36b5a6 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #36b5a6.</div>

#36b5a6 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #36b5a6 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #36b5a6; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #36b5a6 on a white background.</div></div>

#36b5a6 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #36b5a6 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #36b5a6; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #36b5a6 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #36b5a6 to White

This is a gradient from #36b5a6 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#36b5a6,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#36b5a6,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#36b5a6,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#36b5a6,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #36b5a6 to white.</div>

Gradient from #36b5a6 to Black

This is a gradient from #36b5a6 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#36b5a6,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#36b5a6,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#36b5a6,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#36b5a6,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #36b5a6 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #36b5a6

In addition to using #36b5a6 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #36b5a6 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #36b5a6, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 54, Green = 181, Blue = 166). If you need details about the color coordinates of #36b5a6 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #36b5a6
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(54, 181, 166)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #36b5a6; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #36b5a6; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #36b5a6; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(54, 181, 166);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#36b5a6")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:54, green:181, blue:166, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:54 green:181 blue:166 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(54f, 181f, 166f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(54, 181, 166);
 

#36b5a6 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #36b5a6 the same way. For those with color blindness, #36b5a6 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #36b5a6 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #36b5a6 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #36b5a6 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #36b5a6 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #36b5a6 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.5:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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