#36A485#36A485

#36A485 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.110 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A485
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 133)
HSL	hsl(163, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 18.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -38.56, 7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 39.21, 169.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.1081 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.11 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0283, 29.0266, 26.7856)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A485 #A43655

analogous

#36A44E #36A485 #368CA4

triadic

#36A485 #8536A4 #A48536

tetradic

#36A485 #4E36A4 #A43655 #8CA436

square

#36A485 #4E36A4 #A43655 #8CA436

split-complementary

#36A485 #A4368C #A44E36

monochromatic

#18483A #277660 #36A485 #51C6A5 #7FD5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#36A485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#36A485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A485

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A485	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.110 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0a8',
    500: '#36a485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a485;
$custom-light: #7bc0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.091,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64838,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A485

secondary

#BE788B

accent

#4E75DA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A485

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

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