#36B896#36B896

#36B896 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.122 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B896
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -43.06, 7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 43.66, 170.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.1208 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.122 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1640, 37.2645, 34.7675)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B896 #B83658

analogous

#36B855 #36B896 #3699B8

triadic

#36B896 #9636B8 #B89636

tetradic

#36B896 #5536B8 #B83658 #99B836

square

#36B896 #5536B8 #B83658 #99B836

split-complementary

#36B896 #B83699 #B85536

monochromatic

#1A5949 #28896F #36B896 #5CCFB1 #8BDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#36B896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B896

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B896	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.122 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceb4',
    500: '#36b896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b896;
$custom-light: #7fceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.308,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70428,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B896

secondary

#C78294

accent

#4A71DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B896

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

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