#36AABD#36AABD

#36AABD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.104 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36AABD
RGB	rgb(54, 170, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -25.55, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 31.87, 216.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.089 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.104 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0774, 33.2049, 53.2218)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36AABD #BD4936

analogous

#36BD8C #36AABD #3667BD

triadic

#36AABD #BD36AA #AABD36

tetradic

#36AABD #8C36BD #BD4936 #67BD36

square

#36AABD #8C36BD #BD4936 #67BD36

split-complementary

#36AABD #BD3667 #BD8C36

monochromatic

#1B545E #287F8D #36AABD #5FC1D1 #8FD4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36AABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#36AABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36AABD

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36AABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36AABD	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36aabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 170, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.104 210.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36aabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68249,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36AABD

secondary

#C98F85

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36AABD

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

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