#36A8BD#36A8BD

#36A8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.103 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8BD
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -24.53, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 31.63, 219.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.087 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.103 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7054, 32.4608, 53.0978)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8BD #BD4B36

analogous

#36BD8E #36A8BD #3665BD

triadic

#36A8BD #BD36A8 #A8BD36

tetradic

#36A8BD #8E36BD #BD4B36 #65BD36

square

#36A8BD #8E36BD #BD4B36 #65BD36

split-complementary

#36A8BD #BD3665 #BD8E36

monochromatic

#1B535E #287E8D #36A8BD #5FBFD1 #8FD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#36A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#36A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8BD

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8BD	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.103 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2d1',
    500: '#36a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8bd;
$custom-light: #80c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67762,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8BD

secondary

#C99085

accent

#6049DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8BD

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

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