#36A797#36A797

#36A797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.103 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A797
RGB	rgb(54, 167, 151)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 9.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -35.23, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 35.24, 181.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.1027 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.103 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9233, 30.6537, 34.0862)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A797 #A73646

analogous

#36A75E #36A797 #367EA7

triadic

#36A797 #9736A7 #A79736

tetradic

#36A797 #5E36A7 #A73646 #7EA736

square

#36A797 #5E36A7 #A73646 #7EA736

split-complementary

#36A797 #A7367E #A75E36

monochromatic

#184B43 #27796D #36A797 #53C7B7 #81D6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#36A797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#36A797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A797

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A797	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 167, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.103 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc2b5',
    500: '#36a797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a797;
$custom-light: #7cc2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.504,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66142,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A797

secondary

#C07983

accent

#4D61DB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A797

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

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