#36A4B6#36A4B6

#36A4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.100 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4B6
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 182)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, -24.69, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 30.72, 216.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0858 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.1 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2367, 30.7099, 48.9499)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4B6 #B64836

analogous

#36B688 #36A4B6 #3664B6

triadic

#36A4B6 #B636A4 #A4B636

tetradic

#36A4B6 #8836B6 #B64836 #64B636

square

#36A4B6 #8836B6 #B64836 #64B636

split-complementary

#36A4B6 #B63664 #B68836

monochromatic

#1A4F58 #287987 #36A4B6 #5BBECE #8AD1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#36A4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#36A4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4B6

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4B6	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8391B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.100 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfcb',
    500: '#36a4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4b6;
$custom-light: #7fbfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.438,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66503,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4B6

secondary

#C68B81

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4B6

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

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