#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
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -25.47, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 31.46, 215.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.0882 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.102 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3831, 32.3319, 51.4005)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##36A8BA	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #36A8BA

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

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