#36A8BC#36A8BC

#36A8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.103 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8BC
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -24.85, -19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 31.57, 218.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0874 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.103 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5972, 32.4175, 52.5281)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8BC #BC4A36

analogous

#36BC8D #36A8BC #3665BC

triadic

#36A8BC #BC36A8 #A8BC36

tetradic

#36A8BC #8D36BC #BC4A36 #65BC36

square

#36A8BC #8D36BC #BC4A36 #65BC36

split-complementary

#36A8BC #BC3665 #BC8D36

monochromatic

#1B535D #287E8C #36A8BC #5EC0D1 #8ED2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#36A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#36A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8BC

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8BC	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)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.103 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2d0',
    500: '#36a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8bc;
$custom-light: #80c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.955,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67721,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8BC

secondary

#C98F85

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8BC

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

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