#36A189#36A189

#36A189 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.103 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A189
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 137)
HSL	hsl(167, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(167, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 14.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -36.19, 3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 36.38, 174.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.1029 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.103 175)
XYZ	xyz(18.7793, 28.0781, 28.0920)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A189 #A1364E

analogous

#36A154 #36A189 #3684A1

triadic

#36A189 #8936A1 #A18936

tetradic

#36A189 #5436A1 #A1364E #84A136

square

#36A189 #5436A1 #A1364E #84A136

split-complementary

#36A189 #A13684 #A15436

monochromatic

#17453B #277362 #36A189 #50C4AA #7ED4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#36A189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#36A189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A189

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A189	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.103 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abdab',
    500: '#36a189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a189;
$custom-light: #7abdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.542,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64181,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.2808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A189

secondary

#BD7686

accent

#4F6ED9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A189

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

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