#36A494#36A494

#36A494 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.101 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A494
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 148)
HSL	hsl(171, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 9.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -34.65, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 34.66, 181.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.1009 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.101 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1395, 29.4711, 32.6383)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A494 #A43646

analogous

#36A45D #36A494 #367DA4

triadic

#36A494 #9436A4 #A49436

tetradic

#36A494 #5D36A4 #A43646 #7DA436

square

#36A494 #5D36A4 #A43646 #7DA436

split-complementary

#36A494 #A4367D #A45D36

monochromatic

#184841 #27766A #36A494 #51C6B5 #7FD5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#36A494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#36A494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A494

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A494	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.101 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbfb3',
    500: '#36a494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a494;
$custom-light: #7cbfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.273,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65285,
    "c": 0.10095,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A494

secondary

#BE7882

accent

#4E62DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A494

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

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