#36B997#36B997

#36B997 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B997
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -43.24, 7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 43.83, 170.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.1214 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.123 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4533, 37.7137, 35.2629)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B997 #B93658

analogous

#36B955 #36B997 #369AB9

triadic

#36B997 #9736B9 #B99736

tetradic

#36B997 #5536B9 #B93658 #9AB936

square

#36B997 #5536B9 #B93658 #9AB936

split-complementary

#36B997 #B9369A #B95536

monochromatic

#1A5A4A #288A70 #36B997 #5DD0B2 #8CDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#36B997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B997

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B997	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfb5',
    500: '#36b997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b997;
$custom-light: #7fcfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.427,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70709,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B997

secondary

#C88395

accent

#4A70DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B997

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

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