#36A9BE#36A9BE

#36A9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.104 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A9BE
RGB	rgb(54, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -24.73, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 31.81, 218.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0876 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.104 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9996, 32.8750, 53.7332)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A9BE #BE4B36

analogous

#36BE8F #36A9BE #3665BE

triadic

#36A9BE #BE36A9 #A9BE36

tetradic

#36A9BE #8F36BE #BE4B36 #65BE36

square

#36A9BE #8F36BE #BE4B36 #65BE36

split-complementary

#36A9BE #BE3665 #BE8F36

monochromatic

#1B545F #287F8E #36A9BE #60C0D2 #8FD3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#36A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#36A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A9BE

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A9BE	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.104 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3d1',
    500: '#36a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a9be;
$custom-light: #80c3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.265,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68046,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A9BE

secondary

#CA9086

accent

#6049DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A9BE

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

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