#36A38D#36A38D

#36A38D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.103 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A38D
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 13.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, -36.06, 2.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 36.14, 176.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.1032 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.103 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4239, 28.8996, 29.7486)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A38D #A3364C

analogous

#36A357 #36A38D #3682A3

triadic

#36A38D #8D36A3 #A38D36

tetradic

#36A38D #5736A3 #A3364C #82A336

square

#36A38D #5736A3 #A3364C #82A336

split-complementary

#36A38D #A33682 #A35736

monochromatic

#18473D #277565 #36A38D #51C5AE #7FD5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#36A38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#36A38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A38D

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A38D	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D998C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.103 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbfae',
    500: '#36a38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a38d;
$custom-light: #7bbfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.89,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64814,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A38D

secondary

#BE7785

accent

#4E6ADA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A38D

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

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