#36A6BA#36A6BA

#36A6BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.102 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6BA
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 10.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -24.46, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 31.21, 218.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0862 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.102 212)
XYZ	xyz(24.0167, 31.5991, 51.2783)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6BA #BA4A36

analogous

#36BA8C #36A6BA #3664BA

triadic

#36A6BA #BA36A6 #A6BA36

tetradic

#36A6BA #8C36BA #BA4A36 #64BA36

square

#36A6BA #8C36BA #BA4A36 #64BA36

split-complementary

#36A6BA #BA3664 #BA8C36

monochromatic

#1A515B #287C8B #36A6BA #5DBFD0 #8DD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#36A6BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#36A6BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6BA

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6BA	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.102 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0ce',
    500: '#36a6ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6ba;
$custom-light: #7fc0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67153,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.31602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6BA

secondary

#C88E84

accent

#6049DE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6BA

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

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