#36B491#36B491

#36B491 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B491
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 145)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 19.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -42.57, 8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 43.32, 169.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.1191 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.121 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9508, 35.4685, 32.4191)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B491 #B43659

analogous

#36B452 #36B491 #3698B4

triadic

#36B491 #9136B4 #B49136

tetradic

#36B491 #5236B4 #B43659 #98B436

square

#36B491 #5236B4 #B43659 #98B436

split-complementary

#36B491 #B43698 #B45236

monochromatic

#1A5645 #28856B #36B491 #5ACDAD #89DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36B491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#36B491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B491

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B491	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#AFA88F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9C93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbb1',
    500: '#36b491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b491;
$custom-light: #7ecbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69273,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B491

secondary

#C68093

accent

#4B73DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F5

border

#CAD2CF

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B491

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

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