#36B598#36B598

#36B598 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B598
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 152)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 16%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -41.26, 4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 41.54, 173.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.1168 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.117 174)
XYZ	xyz(23.7098, 36.0963, 35.4174)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B598 #B53653

analogous

#36B558 #36B598 #3692B5

triadic

#36B598 #9836B5 #B59836

tetradic

#36B598 #5836B5 #B53653 #92B536

square

#36B598 #5836B5 #B53653 #92B536

split-complementary

#36B598 #B53692 #B55836

monochromatic

#1A5749 #288670 #36B598 #5ACEB3 #89DCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#36B598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B598

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B598	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eccb6',
    500: '#36b598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b598;
$custom-light: #7eccb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.299,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69723,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.36099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B598

secondary

#C68191

accent

#4A6CDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B598

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

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