#36B496#36B496

#36B496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B496
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -41.33, 5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 41.68, 172.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.1167 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.118 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3448, 35.6261, 34.4944)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B496 #B43654

analogous

#36B457 #36B496 #3693B4

triadic

#36B496 #9636B4 #B49636

tetradic

#36B496 #5736B4 #B43654 #93B436

square

#36B496 #5736B4 #B43654 #93B436

split-complementary

#36B496 #B43693 #B45736

monochromatic

#1A5648 #28856F #36B496 #5ACDB2 #89DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#36B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B496

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B496	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbb4',
    500: '#36b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b496;
$custom-light: #7ecbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69413,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B496

secondary

#C68091

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B496

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

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