#36A18D#36A18D

#36A18D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.101 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A18D
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 12.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -35.14, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 35.18, 177.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.101 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.101 178)
XYZ	xyz(19.0716, 28.1950, 29.6312)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A18D #A1364A

analogous

#36A158 #36A18D #3680A1

triadic

#36A18D #8D36A1 #A18D36

tetradic

#36A18D #5836A1 #A1364A #80A136

square

#36A18D #5836A1 #A1364A #80A136

split-complementary

#36A18D #A13680 #A15836

monochromatic

#17453D #277365 #36A18D #50C4AF #7ED4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#36A18D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#36A18D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A18D

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A18D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A18D	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B978C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a18d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.101 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbdae',
    500: '#36a18d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a18d;
$custom-light: #7bbdae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a18d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.785,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64301,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.28197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A18D

secondary

#BD7683

accent

#4F68D9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A18D

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

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