#36A6BB#36A6BB

#36A6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.102 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6BB
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 187)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -24.14, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 31.28, 219.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0858 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.102 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1234, 31.6418, 51.8402)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6BB #BB4B36

analogous

#36BB8E #36A6BB #3663BB

triadic

#36A6BB #BB36A6 #A6BB36

tetradic

#36A6BB #8E36BB #BB4B36 #63BB36

square

#36A6BB #8E36BB #BB4B36 #63BB36

split-complementary

#36A6BB #BB3663 #BB8E36

monochromatic

#1B525C #287C8C #36A6BB #5EBED0 #8DD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#36A6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#36A6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6BB

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6BB	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.102 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0cf',
    500: '#36a6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6bb;
$custom-light: #7fc0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67193,
    "c": 0.10212,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6BB

secondary

#C98F84

accent

#6149DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6BB

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

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