#36A8BE#36A8BE

#36A8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.104 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8BE
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -24.22, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 31.71, 220.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0866 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.104 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8143, 32.5043, 53.6714)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8BE #BE4C36

analogous

#36BE90 #36A8BE #3664BE

triadic

#36A8BE #BE36A8 #A8BE36

tetradic

#36A8BE #9036BE #BE4C36 #64BE36

square

#36A8BE #9036BE #BE4C36 #64BE36

split-complementary

#36A8BE #BE3664 #BE9036

monochromatic

#1B545F #287E8E #36A8BE #60BFD2 #8FD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#36A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#36A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8BE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8BE	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.104 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2d1',
    500: '#36a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8be;
$custom-light: #80c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.706,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67802,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8BE

secondary

#CA9186

accent

#6149DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8BE

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

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