#36B196#36B196

#36B196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.114 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B196
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 0%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -40.01, 4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 40.22, 174.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.1136 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.114 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7457, 34.4280, 34.2948)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B196 #B13651

analogous

#36B158 #36B196 #368FB1

triadic

#36B196 #9636B1 #B19636

tetradic

#36B196 #5836B1 #B13651 #8FB136

square

#36B196 #5836B1 #B13651 #8FB136

split-complementary

#36B196 #B1368F #B15836

monochromatic

#195347 #28826E #36B196 #58CCB3 #87DAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#36B196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#36B196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B196

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B196	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.114 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9b4',
    500: '#36b196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b196;
$custom-light: #7ec9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.829,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68651,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B196

secondary

#C47F8E

accent

#4B6BDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B196

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

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