#36A8B2#36A8B2

#36A8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8B2
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -27.93, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 31.42, 207.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0916 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5563, 32.0012, 47.0462)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8B2 #B24036

analogous

#36B27E #36A8B2 #366AB2

triadic

#36A8B2 #B236A8 #A8B236

tetradic

#36A8B2 #7E36B2 #B24036 #6AB236

square

#36A8B2 #7E36B2 #B24036 #6AB236

split-complementary

#36A8B2 #B2366A #B27E36

monochromatic

#1A4F54 #287C83 #36A8B2 #59C3CD #88D4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#36A8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#36A8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8B2

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8B2	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8994B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc2c9',
    500: '#36a8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8b2;
$custom-light: #7fc2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.839,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67331,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8B2

secondary

#C5857F

accent

#574BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8B2

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

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