#36A896#36A896

#36A896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.104 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A896
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -35.96, 0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 35.96, 179.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.1042 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.104 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0263, 30.9892, 33.7216)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A896 #A83648

analogous

#36A85D #36A896 #3681A8

triadic

#36A896 #9636A8 #A89636

tetradic

#36A896 #5D36A8 #A83648 #81A836

square

#36A896 #5D36A8 #A83648 #81A836

split-complementary

#36A896 #A83681 #A85D36

monochromatic

#184B43 #277A6D #36A896 #53C8B5 #82D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#36A896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#36A896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A896

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A896	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19E95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.104 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc2b4',
    500: '#36a896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a896;
$custom-light: #7cc2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66365,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A896

secondary

#C07A85

accent

#4D63DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A896

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

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