#36A6BC#36A6BC

#36A6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.103 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6BC
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -23.83, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 31.36, 220.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0854 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.103 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2308, 31.6847, 52.4059)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6BC #BC4C36

analogous

#36BC8F #36A6BC #3663BC

triadic

#36A6BC #BC36A6 #A6BC36

tetradic

#36A6BC #8F36BC #BC4C36 #63BC36

square

#36A6BC #8F36BC #BC4C36 #63BC36

split-complementary

#36A6BC #BC3663 #BC8F36

monochromatic

#1B525D #287C8C #36A6BC #5EBED1 #8ED1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#36A6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#36A6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6BC

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6BC	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.103 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d0',
    500: '#36a6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6bc;
$custom-light: #80c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.851,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67234,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6BC

secondary

#C99085

accent

#6249DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6BC

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

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