#36A697#36A697

#36A697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.102 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A697
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -34.76, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 34.79, 182.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.1016 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.102 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7408, 30.2887, 34.0254)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A697 #A63645

analogous

#36A65F #36A697 #367DA6

triadic

#36A697 #9736A6 #A69736

tetradic

#36A697 #5F36A6 #A63645 #7DA636

square

#36A697 #5F36A6 #A63645 #7DA636

split-complementary

#36A697 #A6367D #A65F36

monochromatic

#184A43 #27786D #36A697 #52C7B7 #81D6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#36A697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#36A697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A697

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A697	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.102 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc1b5',
    500: '#36a697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a697;
$custom-light: #7cc1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.964,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65889,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A697

secondary

#BF7982

accent

#4D60DA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A697

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

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