#36A481#36A481

#36A481 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.112 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A481
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(161, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 21.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -39.54, 9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 40.60, 166.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.11 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.112 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7572, 28.9181, 25.3578)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A481 #A43659

analogous

#36A44A #36A481 #3690A4

triadic

#36A481 #8136A4 #A48136

tetradic

#36A481 #4A36A4 #A43659 #90A436

square

#36A481 #4A36A4 #A43659 #90A436

split-complementary

#36A481 #A43690 #A44A36

monochromatic

#184839 #27765D #36A481 #51C6A1 #7FD5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#36A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#36A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A481

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A481	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)

#A0997F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.112 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0a5',
    500: '#36a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a481;
$custom-light: #7bc0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.909,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64728,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A481

secondary

#BE788E

accent

#4E7ADA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A481

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

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