#36A486#36A486

#36A486 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.109 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A486
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 134)
HSL	hsl(164, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 18.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -38.31, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 38.87, 170.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.1076 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.109 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0977, 29.0543, 27.1512)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A486 #A43654

analogous

#36A44F #36A486 #368BA4

triadic

#36A486 #8636A4 #A48636

tetradic

#36A486 #4F36A4 #A43654 #8BA436

square

#36A486 #4F36A4 #A43654 #8BA436

split-complementary

#36A486 #A4368B #A44F36

monochromatic

#18483B #277660 #36A486 #51C6A6 #7FD5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#36A486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#36A486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A486

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A486	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#9F9985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.109 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbfa9',
    500: '#36a486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a486;
$custom-light: #7bbfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64866,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A486

secondary

#BE788B

accent

#4E74DA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A486

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

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