#36A596#36A596

#36A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.101 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A596
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -34.57, -1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 34.60, 182.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.101 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.101 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4789, 29.8943, 33.5391)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A596 #A53645

analogous

#36A55E #36A596 #367CA5

triadic

#36A596 #9636A5 #A59636

tetradic

#36A596 #5E36A5 #A53645 #7CA536

square

#36A596 #5E36A5 #A53645 #7CA536

split-complementary

#36A596 #A5367C #A55E36

monochromatic

#184942 #27776C #36A596 #52C6B7 #80D5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#36A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#36A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A596

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A596	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.101 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc0b4',
    500: '#36a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a596;
$custom-light: #7cc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.892,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65603,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A596

secondary

#BF7882

accent

#4E61DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A596

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

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