#36B59C#36B59C

#36B59C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.115 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B59C
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 13.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -40.23, 2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 40.32, 176.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.1149 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.115 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0430, 36.2295, 37.1719)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B59C #B5364F

analogous

#36B55C #36B59C #368EB5

triadic

#36B59C #9C36B5 #B59C36

tetradic

#36B59C #5C36B5 #B5364F #8EB536

square

#36B59C #5C36B5 #B5364F #8EB536

split-complementary

#36B59C #B5368E #B55C36

monochromatic

#1A574B #288673 #36B59C #5ACEB7 #89DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#36B59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B59C

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B59C	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.115 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb9',
    500: '#36b59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b59c;
$custom-light: #7fccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.189,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6984,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B59C

secondary

#C6818E

accent

#4A67DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B59C

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

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