#36B585#36B585

#36B585 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.131 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B585
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 133)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 26.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -45.84, 14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 48.12, 162.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.1258 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.131 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2765, 35.5229, 27.8683)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B585 #B53666

analogous

#36B545 #36B585 #36A5B5

triadic

#36B585 #8536B5 #B58536

tetradic

#36B585 #4536B5 #B53666 #A5B536

square

#36B585 #4536B5 #B53666 #A5B536

split-complementary

#36B585 #B536A5 #B54536

monochromatic

#1A5740 #288662 #36B585 #5ACEA2 #89DCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#36B585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#36B585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B585

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B585	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.131 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecca8',
    500: '#36b585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b585;
$custom-light: #7ecca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.323,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69218,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B585

secondary

#C6819B

accent

#4A82DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B585

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

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