#36A090#36A090

#36A090 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.099 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A090
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 144)
HSL	hsl(171, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 10%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -33.88, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 33.88, 180.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0985 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.099 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1238, 27.9374, 30.7647)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A090 #A03646

analogous

#36A05B #36A090 #367BA0

triadic

#36A090 #9036A0 #A09036

tetradic

#36A090 #5B36A0 #A03646 #7BA036

square

#36A090 #5B36A0 #A03646 #7BA036

split-complementary

#36A090 #A0367B #A05B36

monochromatic

#17443E #277267 #36A090 #4FC4B2 #7DD3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#36A090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#36A090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A090

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A090	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99978F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.099 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbcb0',
    500: '#36a090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a090;
$custom-light: #7bbcb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.943,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64139,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A090

secondary

#BC7580

accent

#4F64D9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A090

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

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