#36B481#36B481

#36B481 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.133 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B481
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 28.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -46.32, 16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 49.10, 160.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.1267 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.133 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8028, 35.0093, 26.3730)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B481 #B43669

analogous

#36B442 #36B481 #36A8B4

triadic

#36B481 #8136B4 #B48136

tetradic

#36B481 #4236B4 #B43669 #A8B436

square

#36B481 #4236B4 #B43669 #A8B436

split-complementary

#36B481 #B436A8 #B44236

monochromatic

#1A563E #28855F #36B481 #5ACD9F #89DCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#36B481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#36B481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B481

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B481	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A77E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.133 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcba5',
    500: '#36b481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b481;
$custom-light: #7dcba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.714,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68864,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B481

secondary

#C6809C

accent

#4B86DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B481

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

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