#36A495#36A495

#36A495 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.101 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A495
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 149)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, -34.38, -1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 34.40, 182.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.1005 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.101 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2190, 29.5029, 33.0570)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A495 #A43645

analogous

#36A45E #36A495 #367CA4

triadic

#36A495 #9536A4 #A49536

tetradic

#36A495 #5E36A4 #A43645 #7CA436

square

#36A495 #5E36A4 #A43645 #7CA436

split-complementary

#36A495 #A4367C #A45E36

monochromatic

#184841 #27766B #36A495 #51C6B6 #7FD5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#36A495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#36A495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A495

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A495	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.101 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbfb4',
    500: '#36a495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a495;
$custom-light: #7cbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65317,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A495

secondary

#BE7881

accent

#4E61DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A495

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

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