#36B89D#36B89D

#36B89D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.118 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B89D
RGB	rgb(54, 184, 157)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 14.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -41.29, 3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 41.45, 174.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.1175 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.118 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7446, 37.4967, 37.8252)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B89D #B83651

analogous

#36B85C #36B89D #3692B8

triadic

#36B89D #9D36B8 #B89D36

tetradic

#36B89D #5C36B8 #B83651 #92B836

square

#36B89D #5C36B8 #B83651 #92B836

split-complementary

#36B89D #B83692 #B85C36

monochromatic

#1A594C #288975 #36B89D #5CCFB7 #8BDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#36B89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B89D

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B89D	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 184, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.118 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceb9',
    500: '#36b89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b89d;
$custom-light: #7fceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.538,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70627,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B89D

secondary

#C78291

accent

#4A69DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B89D

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

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