#36A7BC#36A7BC

#36A7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.103 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A7BC
RGB	rgb(54, 167, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -24.34, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 31.46, 219.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0864 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.103 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4133, 32.0497, 52.4668)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A7BC #BC4B36

analogous

#36BC8E #36A7BC #3664BC

triadic

#36A7BC #BC36A7 #A7BC36

tetradic

#36A7BC #8E36BC #BC4B36 #64BC36

square

#36A7BC #8E36BC #BC4B36 #64BC36

split-complementary

#36A7BC #BC3664 #BC8E36

monochromatic

#1B535D #287D8C #36A7BC #5EBFD1 #8ED2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#36A7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#36A7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A7BC

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A7BC	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 167, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.103 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c1d0',
    500: '#36a7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a7bc;
$custom-light: #80c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.403,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67478,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A7BC

secondary

#C98F85

accent

#6149DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A7BC

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

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