#36B490#36B490

#36B490 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.122 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B490
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 144)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 20%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -42.82, 8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 43.66, 168.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.1196 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.122 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8740, 35.4378, 32.0148)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B490 #B4365A

analogous

#36B451 #36B490 #3699B4

triadic

#36B490 #9036B4 #B49036

tetradic

#36B490 #5136B4 #B4365A #99B436

square

#36B490 #5136B4 #B4365A #99B436

split-complementary

#36B490 #B43699 #B45136

monochromatic

#1A5645 #28856A #36B490 #5ACDAC #89DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#36B490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#36B490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B490

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B490	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA88E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.122 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbb0',
    500: '#36b490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b490;
$custom-light: #7ecbb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69246,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B490

secondary

#C68094

accent

#4B74DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B490

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

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