#36B591#36B591

#36B591 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.122 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B591
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 145)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 19.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -43.00, 8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 43.83, 168.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.1201 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.122 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1534, 35.8737, 32.4867)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B591 #B5365A

analogous

#36B551 #36B591 #3699B5

triadic

#36B591 #9136B5 #B59136

tetradic

#36B591 #5136B5 #B5365A #99B536

square

#36B591 #5136B5 #B5365A #99B536

split-complementary

#36B591 #B53699 #B55136

monochromatic

#1A5745 #28866B #36B591 #5ACEAD #89DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#36B591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#36B591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B591

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B591	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A98F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.122 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eccb1',
    500: '#36b591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b591;
$custom-light: #7eccb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.992,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69528,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B591

secondary

#C68194

accent

#4A74DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F5

border

#CAD2CF

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B591

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

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