#36A172#36A172

#36A172 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.121 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A172
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(154, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(154, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 29.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -41.73, 15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 44.61, 159.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.1141 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.121 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3018, 27.4871, 20.3100)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A172 #A13665

analogous

#36A13D #36A172 #369AA1

triadic

#36A172 #7236A1 #A17236

tetradic

#36A172 #3D36A1 #A13665 #9AA136

square

#36A172 #3D36A1 #A13665 #9AA136

split-complementary

#36A172 #A1369A #A13D36

monochromatic

#174531 #277352 #36A172 #50C491 #7ED4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#36A172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#36A172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A172

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A172	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F956F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918B75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.121 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abd9a',
    500: '#36a172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a172;
$custom-light: #7abd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.645,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63564,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A172

secondary

#BD7695

accent

#4F8BD9

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF7F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A172

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

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