#36A491#36A491

#36A491 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.102 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A491
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 145)
HSL	hsl(170, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 11.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -35.46, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 35.47, 178.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.1023 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.102 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9052, 29.3773, 31.4039)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A491 #A43649

analogous

#36A45A #36A491 #3680A4

triadic

#36A491 #9136A4 #A49136

tetradic

#36A491 #5A36A4 #A43649 #80A436

square

#36A491 #5A36A4 #A43649 #80A436

split-complementary

#36A491 #A43680 #A45A36

monochromatic

#184840 #277668 #36A491 #51C6B2 #7FD5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#36A491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#36A491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A491

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A491	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.102 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbfb1',
    500: '#36a491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a491;
$custom-light: #7bbfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.636,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65191,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A491

secondary

#BE7884

accent

#4E66DA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A491

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

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