#36A487#36A487

#36A487 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.108 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A487
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(164, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 17.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -38.06, 6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 38.53, 170.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.1071 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.108 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1678, 29.0823, 27.5203)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A487 #A43653

analogous

#36A450 #36A487 #368AA4

triadic

#36A487 #8736A4 #A48736

tetradic

#36A487 #5036A4 #A43653 #8AA436

square

#36A487 #5036A4 #A43653 #8AA436

split-complementary

#36A487 #A4368A #A45036

monochromatic

#18483B #277661 #36A487 #51C6A7 #7FD5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#36A487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#36A487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A487

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A487	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.108 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbfaa',
    500: '#36a487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a487;
$custom-light: #7bbfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.182,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64894,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A487

secondary

#BE788A

accent

#4E73DA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A487

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

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