#36A689#36A689

#36A689 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.109 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A689
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 137)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 17.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -38.44, 5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 38.90, 171.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.1083 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.109 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6706, 29.8607, 28.3891)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A689 #A63653

analogous

#36A651 #36A689 #368BA6

triadic

#36A689 #8936A6 #A68936

tetradic

#36A689 #5136A6 #A63653 #8BA636

square

#36A689 #5136A6 #A63653 #8BA636

split-complementary

#36A689 #A6368B #A65136

monochromatic

#184A3D #277863 #36A689 #52C7A9 #81D6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#36A689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#36A689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A689

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A689	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.109 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc1ab',
    500: '#36a689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a689;
$custom-light: #7bc1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.464,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65466,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A689

secondary

#BF798B

accent

#4D72DA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A689

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

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