#36A591#36A591

#36A591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.103 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A591
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -35.92, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 35.94, 177.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.1034 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.103 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0848, 29.7366, 31.4638)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A591 #A5364A

analogous

#36A559 #36A591 #3681A5

triadic

#36A591 #9136A5 #A59136

tetradic

#36A591 #5936A5 #A5364A #81A536

square

#36A591 #5936A5 #A5364A #81A536

split-complementary

#36A591 #A53681 #A55936

monochromatic

#184940 #277768 #36A591 #52C6B1 #80D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#36A591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#36A591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A591

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A591	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.103 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc0b1',
    500: '#36a591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a591;
$custom-light: #7cc0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.189,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65447,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A591

secondary

#BF7885

accent

#4E67DA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A591

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

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