#36B589#36B589

#36B589 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.128 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B589
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 137)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 24.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -44.92, 12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 46.65, 164.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.1239 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.128 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5581, 35.6356, 29.3516)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B589 #B53662

analogous

#36B549 #36B589 #36A1B5

triadic

#36B589 #8936B5 #B58936

tetradic

#36B589 #4936B5 #B53662 #A1B536

square

#36B589 #4936B5 #B53662 #A1B536

split-complementary

#36B589 #B536A1 #B54936

monochromatic

#1A5742 #288665 #36B589 #5ACEA6 #89DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#36B589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#36B589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B589

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B589	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)

#B1A887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.128 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eccab',
    500: '#36b589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b589;
$custom-light: #7eccab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.213,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69318,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B589

secondary

#C68199

accent

#4A7DDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B589

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

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