#36A499#36A499

#36A499 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.099 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A499
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 153)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -33.28, -3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 33.45, 185.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0986 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.099 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5439, 29.6328, 34.7678)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A499 #A43641

analogous

#36A462 #36A499 #3678A4

triadic

#36A499 #9936A4 #A49936

tetradic

#36A499 #6236A4 #A43641 #78A436

square

#36A499 #6236A4 #A43641 #78A436

split-complementary

#36A499 #A43678 #A46236

monochromatic

#184843 #27766E #36A499 #51C6BA #7FD5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#36A499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#36A499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A499

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A499	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.099 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbfb7',
    500: '#36a499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a499;
$custom-light: #7cbfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65447,
    "c": 0.09907,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A499

secondary

#BE787F

accent

#4E5CDA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A499

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

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