#36A2B2#36A2B2

#36A2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.098 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2B2
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 178)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -24.92, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 30.26, 214.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0854 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.098 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4741, 29.8367, 46.6855)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2B2 #B24636

analogous

#36B284 #36A2B2 #3664B2

triadic

#36A2B2 #B236A2 #A2B236

tetradic

#36A2B2 #8436B2 #B24636 #64B236

square

#36A2B2 #8436B2 #B24636 #64B236

split-complementary

#36A2B2 #B23664 #B28436

monochromatic

#1A4D54 #287783 #36A2B2 #59BECD #88D0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#36A2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#36A2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2B2

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2B2	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.098 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebec9',
    500: '#36a2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2b2;
$custom-light: #7ebec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65853,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2B2

secondary

#C5887F

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2B2

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

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