#36A997#36A997

#36A997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.105 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A997
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -36.15, -0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 36.15, 180.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.1048 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.105 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2925, 31.3922, 34.2093)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A997 #A93648

analogous

#36A95D #36A997 #3681A9

triadic

#36A997 #9736A9 #A99736

tetradic

#36A997 #5D36A9 #A93648 #81A936

square

#36A997 #5D36A9 #A93648 #81A936

split-complementary

#36A997 #A93681 #A95D36

monochromatic

#184C44 #277B6E #36A997 #54C8B6 #82D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#36A997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#36A997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A997

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A997	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.105 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc3b5',
    500: '#36a997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a997;
$custom-light: #7cc3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.609,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6665,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A997

secondary

#C17A85

accent

#4D63DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A997

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

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