#36B499#36B499

#36B499 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.116 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B499
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 15%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -40.56, 3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 40.75, 174.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.1153 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.116 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5895, 35.7240, 35.7830)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B499 #B43651

analogous

#36B45A #36B499 #3690B4

triadic

#36B499 #9936B4 #B49936

tetradic

#36B499 #5A36B4 #B43651 #90B436

square

#36B499 #5A36B4 #B43651 #90B436

split-complementary

#36B499 #B43690 #B45A36

monochromatic

#1A5649 #288571 #36B499 #5ACDB5 #89DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36B499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#36B499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B499

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B499	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.116 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbb7',
    500: '#36b499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b499;
$custom-light: #7ecbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69499,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B499

secondary

#C6808F

accent

#4B6ADD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B499

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

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