#36A7B2#36A7B2

#36A7B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.100 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A7B2
RGB	rgb(54, 167, 178)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 6.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, -27.43, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 31.20, 208.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.0906 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.1 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3724, 31.6334, 46.9849)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A7B2 #B24136

analogous

#36B27F #36A7B2 #3669B2

triadic

#36A7B2 #B236A7 #A7B236

tetradic

#36A7B2 #7F36B2 #B24136 #69B236

square

#36A7B2 #7F36B2 #B24136 #69B236

split-complementary

#36A7B2 #B23669 #B27F36

monochromatic

#1A4F54 #287B83 #36A7B2 #59C2CD #88D3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#36A7B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#36A7B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A7B2

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A7B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A7B2	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)

#9AA0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a7b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 167, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.100 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc1c9',
    500: '#36a7b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a7b2;
$custom-light: #7fc1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a7b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.323,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67085,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A7B2

secondary

#C5857F

accent

#584BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A7B2

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

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