#36B799#36B799

#36B799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B799
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 16.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -41.87, 5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 42.20, 172.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.1184 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.119 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2017, 36.9484, 35.9871)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B799 #B73654

analogous

#36B759 #36B799 #3695B7

triadic

#36B799 #9936B7 #B79936

tetradic

#36B799 #5936B7 #B73654 #95B736

square

#36B799 #5936B7 #B73654 #95B736

split-complementary

#36B799 #B73695 #B75936

monochromatic

#1A584A #288871 #36B799 #5BCFB4 #8BDDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#36B799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#36B799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B799

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B799	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdb7',
    500: '#36b799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b799;
$custom-light: #7fcdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.047,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70259,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B799

secondary

#C78292

accent

#4A6CDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B799

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

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