#36A581#36A581

#36A581 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.114 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A581
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 129)
HSL	hsl(161, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 21.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -39.98, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 41.13, 166.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.1111 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.114 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9368, 29.2774, 25.4177)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A581 #A5365A

analogous

#36A54A #36A581 #3691A5

triadic

#36A581 #8136A5 #A58136

tetradic

#36A581 #4A36A5 #A5365A #91A536

square

#36A581 #4A36A5 #A5365A #91A536

split-complementary

#36A581 #A53691 #A54A36

monochromatic

#184939 #27775D #36A581 #52C6A1 #80D5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#36A581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#36A581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A581

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A581	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.114 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0a5',
    500: '#36a581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a581;
$custom-light: #7bc0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.541,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64987,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A581

secondary

#BF788F

accent

#4E7BDA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A581

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

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