#36A8BB#36A8BB

#36A8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.102 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8BB
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -25.16, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 31.51, 217.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0878 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.102 211)
XYZ	xyz(24.4898, 32.3745, 51.9623)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8BB #BB4936

analogous

#36BB8B #36A8BB #3666BB

triadic

#36A8BB #BB36A8 #A8BB36

tetradic

#36A8BB #8B36BB #BB4936 #66BB36

square

#36A8BB #8B36BB #BB4936 #66BB36

split-complementary

#36A8BB #BB3666 #BB8B36

monochromatic

#1B535C #287D8C #36A8BB #5EC0D0 #8DD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#36A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#36A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8BB

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8BB	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.102 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2cf',
    500: '#36a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8bb;
$custom-light: #80c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67681,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.32377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8BB

secondary

#C98E84

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8BB

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

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