#36A9B2#36A9B2

#36A9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9B2
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 178)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -28.42, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 31.66, 206.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0926 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7416, 32.3718, 47.1080)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9B2 #B23F36

analogous

#36B27D #36A9B2 #366BB2

triadic

#36A9B2 #B236A9 #A9B236

tetradic

#36A9B2 #7D36B2 #B23F36 #6BB236

square

#36A9B2 #7D36B2 #B23F36 #6BB236

split-complementary

#36A9B2 #B2366B #B27D36

monochromatic

#1A5054 #287C83 #36A9B2 #59C4CD #88D5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#36A9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#36A9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9B2

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9B2	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)

#9CA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc3c9',
    500: '#36a9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9b2;
$custom-light: #7fc3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.355,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67578,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9B2

secondary

#C5847F

accent

#564BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9B2

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

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