#36A5BB#36A5BB

#36A5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.102 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5BB
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -23.63, -20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 31.18, 220.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.0848 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.102 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9423, 31.2796, 51.7798)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5BB #BB4C36

analogous

#36BB8F #36A5BB #3662BB

triadic

#36A5BB #BB36A5 #A5BB36

tetradic

#36A5BB #8F36BB #BB4C36 #62BB36

square

#36A5BB #8F36BB #BB4C36 #62BB36

split-complementary

#36A5BB #BB3662 #BB8F36

monochromatic

#1B515C #287B8C #36A5BB #5EBDD0 #8DD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#36A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#36A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5BB

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5BB	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.102 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0cf',
    500: '#36a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5bb;
$custom-light: #7fc0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.925,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6695,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5BB

secondary

#C98F84

accent

#6249DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5BB

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

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