#36B899#36B899

#36B899 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B899
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -42.31, 5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 42.69, 172.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.1194 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.12 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4087, 37.3623, 36.0561)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B899 #B83655

analogous

#36B858 #36B899 #3696B8

triadic

#36B899 #9936B8 #B89936

tetradic

#36B899 #5836B8 #B83655 #96B836

square

#36B899 #5836B8 #B83655 #96B836

split-complementary

#36B899 #B83696 #B85836

monochromatic

#1A594A #288972 #36B899 #5CCFB4 #8BDDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#36B899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B899

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B899	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceb7',
    500: '#36b899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b899;
$custom-light: #7fceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.692,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70512,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B899

secondary

#C78293

accent

#4A6DDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B899

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

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