#36B979#36B979

#36B979 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.147 H 157.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B979
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 121)
HSL	hsl(151, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(151, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 34.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -50.03, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 54.87, 155.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.1356 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.147 157.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3193, 36.8601, 24.0239)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B979 #B93676

analogous

#36B937 #36B979 #36B8B9

triadic

#36B979 #7936B9 #B97936

tetradic

#36B979 #3736B9 #B93676 #B8B936

square

#36B979 #3736B9 #B93676 #B8B936

split-complementary

#36B979 #B936B8 #B93736

monochromatic

#1A5A3B #288A5A #36B979 #5DD097 #8CDDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#36B979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#36B979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B979

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B979	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.147 157.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecfa0',
    500: '#36b979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b979;
$custom-light: #7ecfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.687,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69976,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 157.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B979

secondary

#C883A5

accent

#4A92DE

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF9F2

border

#CAD2CC

text

#0B140E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B979

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

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