#36B489#36B489

#36B489 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.127 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B489
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -44.50, 12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 46.13, 164.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.1229 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.127 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3555, 35.2304, 29.2840)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B489 #B43661

analogous

#36B44A #36B489 #36A0B4

triadic

#36B489 #8936B4 #B48936

tetradic

#36B489 #4A36B4 #B43661 #A0B436

square

#36B489 #4A36B4 #B43661 #A0B436

split-complementary

#36B489 #B436A0 #B44A36

monochromatic

#1A5641 #288565 #36B489 #5ACDA6 #89DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#36B489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#36B489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B489

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B489	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)

#B0A787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.127 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbab',
    500: '#36b489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b489;
$custom-light: #7ecbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.524,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69061,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B489

secondary

#C68098

accent

#4B7DDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B489

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

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