#36B998#36B998

#36B998 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.122 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B998
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 152)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 17.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -42.99, 6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 43.50, 171.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.1209 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.122 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5349, 37.7464, 35.6924)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B998 #B93657

analogous

#36B956 #36B998 #3699B9

triadic

#36B998 #9836B9 #B99836

tetradic

#36B998 #5636B9 #B93657 #99B936

square

#36B998 #5636B9 #B93657 #99B936

split-complementary

#36B998 #B93699 #B95636

monochromatic

#1A5A4A #288A71 #36B998 #5DD0B3 #8CDDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#36B998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B998

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B998	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.122 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfb6',
    500: '#36b998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b998;
$custom-light: #7fcfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.885,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70737,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B998

secondary

#C88394

accent

#4A6FDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B998

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

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