#36A59F#36A59F

#36A59F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.098 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A59F
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 159)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -32.06, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 32.62, 190.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0969 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.098 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2316, 30.1953, 37.5035)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A59F #A5363C

analogous

#36A568 #36A59F #3673A5

triadic

#36A59F #9F36A5 #A59F36

tetradic

#36A59F #6836A5 #A5363C #73A536

square

#36A59F #6836A5 #A5363C #73A536

split-complementary

#36A59F #A53673 #A56836

monochromatic

#184946 #277773 #36A59F #52C6C0 #80D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#36A59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#36A59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A59F

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A59F	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B90A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.098 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc0bb',
    500: '#36a59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a59f;
$custom-light: #7dc0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.757,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.659,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A59F

secondary

#BF787C

accent

#4E55DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A59F

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

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