#36A7BD#36A7BD

#36A7BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.103 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A7BD
RGB	rgb(54, 167, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -24.02, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 31.54, 220.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.086 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.103 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5214, 32.0930, 53.0365)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A7BD #BD4C36

analogous

#36BD90 #36A7BD #3663BD

triadic

#36A7BD #BD36A7 #A7BD36

tetradic

#36A7BD #9036BD #BD4C36 #63BD36

square

#36A7BD #9036BD #BD4C36 #63BD36

split-complementary

#36A7BD #BD3663 #BD9036

monochromatic

#1B535E #287D8D #36A7BD #5FBFD1 #8FD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#36A7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#36A7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A7BD

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A7BD	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 167, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.103 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c1d1',
    500: '#36a7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a7bd;
$custom-light: #80c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67518,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A7BD

secondary

#C99085

accent

#6149DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A7BD

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

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