#36A178#36A178

#36A178 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.116 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A178
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(157, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(157, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 25.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -40.37, 12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 42.29, 162.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.1111 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.116 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6545, 27.6282, 22.1680)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A178 #A1365F

analogous

#36A142 #36A178 #3695A1

triadic

#36A178 #7836A1 #A17836

tetradic

#36A178 #4236A1 #A1365F #95A136

square

#36A178 #4236A1 #A1365F #95A136

split-complementary

#36A178 #A13695 #A14236

monochromatic

#174534 #277356 #36A178 #50C498 #7ED4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#36A178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#36A178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A178

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A178	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.116 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abd9f',
    500: '#36a178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a178;
$custom-light: #7abd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.009,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63712,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A178

secondary

#BD7691

accent

#4F84D9

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF7F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A178

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

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