#36A196#36A196

#36A196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.097 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A196
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 150)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 6.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, -32.70, -3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 32.85, 185.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0968 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.097 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7687, 28.4738, 33.3024)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A196 #A13641

analogous

#36A161 #36A196 #3676A1

triadic

#36A196 #9636A1 #A19636

tetradic

#36A196 #6136A1 #A13641 #76A136

square

#36A196 #6136A1 #A13641 #76A136

split-complementary

#36A196 #A13676 #A16136

monochromatic

#174541 #27736B #36A196 #50C4B8 #7ED4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#36A196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#36A196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A196

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A196	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.097 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbdb4',
    500: '#36a196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a196;
$custom-light: #7bbdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.832,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64588,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A196

secondary

#BD767D

accent

#4F5DD9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A196

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

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