#36B495#36B495

#36B495 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B495
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 17.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -41.58, 5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 42.00, 171.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.1172 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.118 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2646, 35.5940, 34.0722)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B495 #B43655

analogous

#36B456 #36B495 #3694B4

triadic

#36B495 #9536B4 #B49536

tetradic

#36B495 #5636B4 #B43655 #94B436

square

#36B495 #5636B4 #B43655 #94B436

split-complementary

#36B495 #B43694 #B45636

monochromatic

#1A5647 #28856E #36B495 #5ACDB1 #89DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36B495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#36B495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B495

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B495	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbb4',
    500: '#36b495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b495;
$custom-light: #7ecbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.238,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69384,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B495

secondary

#C68091

accent

#4B6FDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B495

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

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