#36A488#36A488

#36A488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.108 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A488
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 17.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -37.80, 5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 38.21, 171.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.1066 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.108 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2385, 29.1106, 27.8928)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A488 #A43652

analogous

#36A451 #36A488 #3689A4

triadic

#36A488 #8836A4 #A48836

tetradic

#36A488 #5136A4 #A43652 #89A436

square

#36A488 #5136A4 #A43652 #89A436

split-complementary

#36A488 #A43689 #A45136

monochromatic

#18483C #277662 #36A488 #51C6A8 #7FD5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#36A488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#36A488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A488

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A488	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)

#9F9987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.108 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbfaa',
    500: '#36a488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a488;
$custom-light: #7bbfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.727,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64923,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A488

secondary

#BE788A

accent

#4E72DA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A488

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

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