#36A159#36A159

#36A159 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.144 H 150.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A159
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(140, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(140, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 44.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -46.67, 28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 54.82, 148.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.1259 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.144 150.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0681, 26.9936, 13.8127)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A159 #A1367E

analogous

#49A136 #36A159 #36A18E

triadic

#36A159 #5936A1 #A15936

tetradic

#36A159 #3649A1 #A1367E #A18E36

square

#36A159 #3649A1 #A1367E #A18E36

split-complementary

#36A159 #8E36A1 #A13649

monochromatic

#174526 #277340 #36A159 #50C476 #7ED49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#36A159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#36A159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A159

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A159	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.144 150.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abe89',
    500: '#36a159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a159;
$custom-light: #7abe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.626,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63042,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 150.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A159

secondary

#BD76A6

accent

#4FACD9

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EEF7F0

border

#C9D0CB

text

#0A120B

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A159

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

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