#36A996#36A996

#36A996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.105 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A996
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 150)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 11.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -36.42, 0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 36.42, 179.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.1053 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.105 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2117, 31.3598, 33.7834)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A996 #A93649

analogous

#36A95C #36A996 #3682A9

triadic

#36A996 #9636A9 #A99636

tetradic

#36A996 #5C36A9 #A93649 #82A936

square

#36A996 #5C36A9 #A93649 #82A936

split-complementary

#36A996 #A93682 #A95C36

monochromatic

#184C44 #277B6D #36A996 #54C8B5 #82D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#36A996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#36A996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A996

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A996	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.105 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc3b4',
    500: '#36a996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a996;
$custom-light: #7cc3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.087,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66619,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A996

secondary

#C17A86

accent

#4D64DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A996

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

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