#36B597#36B597

#36B597 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B597
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 151)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 16.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -41.51, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 41.86, 172.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.1173 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.118 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6283, 36.0637, 34.9879)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B597 #B53654

analogous

#36B557 #36B597 #3693B5

triadic

#36B597 #9736B5 #B59736

tetradic

#36B597 #5736B5 #B53654 #93B536

square

#36B597 #5736B5 #B53654 #93B536

split-complementary

#36B597 #B53693 #B55736

monochromatic

#1A5748 #288670 #36B597 #5ACEB3 #89DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#36B597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#36B597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B597

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B597	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)

#AFA996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eccb5',
    500: '#36b597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b597;
$custom-light: #7eccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.827,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69695,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B597

secondary

#C68191

accent

#4A6DDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B597

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

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