#36A191#36A191

#36A191 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.099 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A191
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 145)
HSL	hsl(171, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 9.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -34.07, -0.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 34.08, 180.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0991 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.099 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3746, 28.3162, 31.2271)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A191 #A13646

analogous

#36A15C #36A191 #367CA1

triadic

#36A191 #9136A1 #A19136

tetradic

#36A191 #5C36A1 #A13646 #7CA136

square

#36A191 #5C36A1 #A13646 #7CA136

split-complementary

#36A191 #A1367C #A15C36

monochromatic

#17453E #277368 #36A191 #50C4B3 #7ED4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#36A191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#36A191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A191

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A191	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.099 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbdb1',
    500: '#36a191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a191;
$custom-light: #7bbdb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.028,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64426,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A191

secondary

#BD7681

accent

#4F63D9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A191

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

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