#36A490#36A490

#36A490 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.103 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A490
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 144)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 12.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -35.73, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 35.75, 177.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.1028 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.103 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8284, 29.3466, 30.9996)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A490 #A4364A

analogous

#36A459 #36A490 #3681A4

triadic

#36A490 #9036A4 #A49036

tetradic

#36A490 #5936A4 #A4364A #81A436

square

#36A490 #5936A4 #A4364A #81A436

split-complementary

#36A490 #A43681 #A45936

monochromatic

#18483F #277668 #36A490 #51C6B1 #7FD5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#36A490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#36A490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A490

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A490	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8F92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.103 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbfb0',
    500: '#36a490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a490;
$custom-light: #7bbfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65161,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A490

secondary

#BE7884

accent

#4E67DA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A490

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

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