#36A9BD#36A9BD

#36A9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.103 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9BD
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -25.04, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 31.74, 217.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.088 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.103 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8907, 32.8314, 53.1595)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9BD #BD4A36

analogous

#36BD8E #36A9BD #3665BD

triadic

#36A9BD #BD36A9 #A9BD36

tetradic

#36A9BD #8E36BD #BD4A36 #65BD36

square

#36A9BD #8E36BD #BD4A36 #65BD36

split-complementary

#36A9BD #BD3665 #BD8E36

monochromatic

#1B545E #287E8D #36A9BD #5FC0D1 #8FD3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#36A9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#36A9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9BD

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9BD	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.103 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3d0',
    500: '#36a9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9bd;
$custom-light: #80c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68005,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9BD

secondary

#C98F85

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9BD

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

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