#36B59D#36B59D

#36B59D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B59D
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 13.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -39.97, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 40.03, 176.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.1144 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.115 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1280, 36.2636, 37.6197)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B59D #B5364E

analogous

#36B55D #36B59D #368DB5

triadic

#36B59D #9D36B5 #B59D36

tetradic

#36B59D #5D36B5 #B5364E #8DB536

square

#36B59D #5D36B5 #B5364E #8DB536

split-complementary

#36B59D #B5368D #B55D36

monochromatic

#1A574B #288674 #36B59D #5ACEB8 #89DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#36B59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B59D

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B59D	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#AEAA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb9',
    500: '#36b59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b59d;
$custom-light: #7fccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.661,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6987,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B59D

secondary

#C6818E

accent

#4A66DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B59D

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

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