#36B697#36B697

#36B697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.119 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B697
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 17%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -41.94, 5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 42.35, 172.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.1183 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.119 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8323, 36.4718, 35.0559)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B697 #B63655

analogous

#36B657 #36B697 #3695B6

triadic

#36B697 #9736B6 #B69736

tetradic

#36B697 #5736B6 #B63655 #95B636

square

#36B697 #5736B6 #B63655 #95B636

split-complementary

#36B697 #B63695 #B65736

monochromatic

#1A5849 #288770 #36B697 #5BCEB2 #8ADCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#36B697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#36B697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B697

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B697	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.119 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb5',
    500: '#36b697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b697;
$custom-light: #7fccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.469,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69948,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B697

secondary

#C68192

accent

#4A6EDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B697

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

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