#36A4B2#36A4B2

#36A4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.098 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4B2
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 178)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -25.93, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 30.60, 212.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0875 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.098 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8292, 30.5469, 46.8038)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4B2 #B24436

analogous

#36B282 #36A4B2 #3666B2

triadic

#36A4B2 #B236A4 #A4B236

tetradic

#36A4B2 #8236B2 #B24436 #66B236

square

#36A4B2 #8236B2 #B24436 #66B236

split-complementary

#36A4B2 #B23666 #B28236

monochromatic

#1A4D54 #287983 #36A4B2 #59BFCD #88D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#36A4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#36A4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4B2

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4B2	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8491B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.098 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebfc9',
    500: '#36a4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4b2;
$custom-light: #7ebfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.774,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66346,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4B2

secondary

#C5877F

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4B2

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

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