#36B396#36B396

#36B396 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.116 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B396
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 0%, 16.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -40.89, 4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 41.19, 173.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.1157 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.116 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1437, 35.2238, 34.4274)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B396 #B33653

analogous

#36B357 #36B396 #3691B3

triadic

#36B396 #9636B3 #B39636

tetradic

#36B396 #5736B3 #B33653 #91B336

square

#36B396 #5736B3 #B33653 #91B336

split-complementary

#36B396 #B33691 #B35736

monochromatic

#1A5547 #28846F #36B396 #59CDB2 #88DBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#36B396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#36B396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B396

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B396	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.116 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecab4',
    500: '#36b396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b396;
$custom-light: #7ecab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.08,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69159,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B396

secondary

#C58090

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B396

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

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