#36B488#36B488

#36B488 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.128 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B488
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 24.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -44.73, 12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 46.49, 164.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.1234 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.128 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2841, 35.2018, 28.9080)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B488 #B43662

analogous

#36B449 #36B488 #36A1B4

triadic

#36B488 #8836B4 #B48836

tetradic

#36B488 #4936B4 #B43662 #A1B436

square

#36B488 #4936B4 #B43662 #A1B436

split-complementary

#36B488 #B436A1 #B44936

monochromatic

#1A5641 #288564 #36B488 #5ACDA5 #89DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#36B488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#36B488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B488

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B488	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.128 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbaa',
    500: '#36b488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b488;
$custom-light: #7ecbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.048,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69036,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B488

secondary

#C68098

accent

#4B7EDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B488

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

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