#36B59E#36B59E

#36B59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B59E
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -39.70, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 39.74, 177.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.114 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.114 178)
XYZ	xyz(24.2137, 36.2978, 38.0712)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B59E #B5364D

analogous

#36B55E #36B59E #368CB5

triadic

#36B59E #9E36B5 #B59E36

tetradic

#36B59E #5E36B5 #B5364D #8CB536

square

#36B59E #5E36B5 #B5364D #8CB536

split-complementary

#36B59E #B5368C #B55E36

monochromatic

#1A574C #288675 #36B59E #5ACEB9 #89DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#36B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#36B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B59E

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B59E	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccba',
    500: '#36b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b59e;
$custom-light: #7fccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.134,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.699,
    "c": 0.11405,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.36301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B59E

secondary

#C6818D

accent

#4A65DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B59E

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

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