#36A5B2#36A5B2

#36A5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.099 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5B2
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 178)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -26.44, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 30.79, 210.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0885 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.099 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0089, 30.9062, 46.8637)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5B2 #B24336

analogous

#36B281 #36A5B2 #3667B2

triadic

#36A5B2 #B236A5 #A5B236

tetradic

#36A5B2 #8136B2 #B24336 #67B236

square

#36A5B2 #8136B2 #B24336 #67B236

split-complementary

#36A5B2 #B23667 #B28136

monochromatic

#1A4E54 #287983 #36A5B2 #59C0CD #88D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#36A5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#36A5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5B2

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5B2	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8591B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.099 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec0c9',
    500: '#36a5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5b2;
$custom-light: #7ec0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.29,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66592,
    "c": 0.09879,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5B2

secondary

#C5867F

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5B2

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

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