#36A489#36A489

#36A489 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.107 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A489
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 137)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 16.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -37.55, 5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 37.88, 172.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.1061 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.107 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3099, 29.1392, 28.2688)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A489 #A43651

analogous

#36A452 #36A489 #3688A4

triadic

#36A489 #8936A4 #A48936

tetradic

#36A489 #5236A4 #A43651 #88A436

square

#36A489 #5236A4 #A43651 #88A436

split-complementary

#36A489 #A43688 #A45236

monochromatic

#18483C #277663 #36A489 #51C6A9 #7FD5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#36A489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#36A489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A489

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A489	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.107 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbfab',
    500: '#36a489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a489;
$custom-light: #7bbfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.273,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64952,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A489

secondary

#BE7889

accent

#4E70DA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A489

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

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