#36A9BA#36A9BA

#36A9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.102 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9BA
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -25.97, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 31.60, 214.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0892 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.102 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5684, 32.7025, 51.4622)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9BA #BA4736

analogous

#36BA89 #36A9BA #3667BA

triadic

#36A9BA #BA36A9 #A9BA36

tetradic

#36A9BA #8936BA #BA4736 #67BA36

square

#36A9BA #8936BA #BA4736 #67BA36

split-complementary

#36A9BA #BA3667 #BA8936

monochromatic

#1A535B #287E8B #36A9BA #5DC1D0 #8DD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#36A9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#36A9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9BA

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9BA	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.102 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3ce',
    500: '#36a9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9ba;
$custom-light: #80c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67886,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9BA

secondary

#C88C84

accent

#5D49DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9BA

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

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