#36B49A#36B49A

#36B49A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B49A
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 154)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 14.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -40.30, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 40.44, 175.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.1148 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.115 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6724, 35.7572, 36.2198)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B49A #B43650

analogous

#36B45B #36B49A #368FB4

triadic

#36B49A #9A36B4 #B49A36

tetradic

#36B49A #5B36B4 #B43650 #8FB436

square

#36B49A #5B36B4 #B43650 #8FB436

split-complementary

#36B49A #B4368F #B45B36

monochromatic

#1A5649 #288572 #36B49A #5ACDB6 #89DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36B49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#36B49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B49A

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B49A	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)

#ADA999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbb7',
    500: '#36b49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b49a;
$custom-light: #7ecbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.619,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69528,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B49A

secondary

#C6808F

accent

#4B69DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B49A

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

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