#36B59A#36B59A

#36B59A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B59A
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 14.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -40.74, 3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 40.92, 174.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.1158 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.116 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8750, 36.1624, 36.2873)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B59A #B53651

analogous

#36B55A #36B59A #3690B5

triadic

#36B59A #9A36B5 #B59A36

tetradic

#36B59A #5A36B5 #B53651 #90B536

square

#36B59A #5A36B5 #B53651 #90B536

split-complementary

#36B59A #B53690 #B55A36

monochromatic

#1A574A #288672 #36B59A #5ACEB5 #89DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#36B59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B59A

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B59A	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eccb7',
    500: '#36b59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b59a;
$custom-light: #7eccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.244,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69781,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B59A

secondary

#C6818F

accent

#4A6ADD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B59A

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

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