#36B596#36B596

#36B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B596
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -41.76, 5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 42.17, 171.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.1177 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.119 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5474, 36.0313, 34.5620)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B596 #B53655

analogous

#36B556 #36B596 #3694B5

triadic

#36B596 #9636B5 #B59636

tetradic

#36B596 #5636B5 #B53655 #94B536

square

#36B596 #5636B5 #B53655 #94B536

split-complementary

#36B596 #B53694 #B55636

monochromatic

#1A5748 #28866F #36B596 #5ACEB2 #89DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#36B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#36B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B596

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B596	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eccb4',
    500: '#36b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b596;
$custom-light: #7eccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.354,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69666,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B596

secondary

#C68192

accent

#4A6EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B596

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

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