#36A5BA#36A5BA

#36A5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.102 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5BA
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 186)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -23.95, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 31.10, 219.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0852 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.102 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8356, 31.2370, 51.2180)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5BA #BA4B36

analogous

#36BA8D #36A5BA #3663BA

triadic

#36A5BA #BA36A5 #A5BA36

tetradic

#36A5BA #8D36BA #BA4B36 #63BA36

square

#36A5BA #8D36BA #BA4B36 #63BA36

split-complementary

#36A5BA #BA3663 #BA8D36

monochromatic

#1A515B #287B8B #36A5BA #5DBED0 #8DD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#36A5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#36A5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5BA

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5BA	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.102 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0ce',
    500: '#36a5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5ba;
$custom-light: #7fc0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66909,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5BA

secondary

#C88F84

accent

#6149DE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5BA

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

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