#36A4B3#36A4B3

#36A4B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.099 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4B3
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 179)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -25.62, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 30.62, 213.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0871 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.099 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9300, 30.5872, 47.3345)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4B3 #B34536

analogous

#36B383 #36A4B3 #3665B3

triadic

#36A4B3 #B336A4 #A4B336

tetradic

#36A4B3 #8336B3 #B34536 #65B336

square

#36A4B3 #8336B3 #B34536 #65B336

split-complementary

#36A4B3 #B33665 #B38336

monochromatic

#1A4E55 #287984 #36A4B3 #59BFCD #88D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#36A4B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#36A4B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4B3

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4B3	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8491B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.099 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebfc9',
    500: '#36a4b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4b3;
$custom-light: #7ebfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66385,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4B3

secondary

#C58880

accent

#5C4BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4B3

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

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