#36A8BA#36A8BA

#36A8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.102 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36A8BA
RGBrgb(54, 168, 186)
HSLhsl(188, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(188, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(63.62, -25.47, -18.46)
CIE-LCHlch(63.62, 31.46, 215.93°)
OKLaboklab(67.64% -0.0882 -0.0513)
OKLCHoklch(67.64% 0.102 210.2)
XYZxyz(24.3831, 32.3319, 51.4005)
Luminance0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36A8BA #BA4836
analogous
#36BA8A #36A8BA #3666BA
triadic
#36A8BA #BA36A8 #A8BA36
tetradic
#36A8BA #8A36BA #BA4836 #66BA36
square
#36A8BA #8A36BA #BA4836 #66BA36
split-complementary
#36A8BA #BA3666 #BA8A36
monochromatic
#1A525B #287D8B #36A8BA #5DC0D0 #8DD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81
#36A8BA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47
#36A8BA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8BA
7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36A8BA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36A8BA1.002.817.477.47
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4721.001.001.00
##0000007.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99A2BB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8694BA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B0AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36a8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.102 210.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2ce',
    500: '#36a8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36a8ba;
$custom-light: #80c2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36a8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67642,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36A8BA
secondary
#C88D84
accent
#5E49DE
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#F0F7F9
border
#CBD0D2
text
#0B1213
muted
#7C8182

Preview Lab

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#36A8BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva