#36B0CB#36B0CB

#36B0CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.110 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B0CB
RGB	rgb(54, 176, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -24.18, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 33.58, 223.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0893 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.11 216)
XYZ	xyz(27.8216, 36.1434, 61.9984)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B0CB #CB5136

analogous

#36CB9B #36B0CB #3666CB

triadic

#36B0CB #CB36B0 #B0CB36

tetradic

#36B0CB #9B36CB #CB5136 #66CB36

square

#36B0CB #9B36CB #CB5136 #66CB36

split-complementary

#36B0CB #CB3666 #CB9B36

monochromatic

#1C5D6B #28879C #36B0CB #67C3D8 #97D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#36B0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B0CB

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B0CB	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 176, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.110 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7da',
    500: '#36b0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b0cb;
$custom-light: #82c7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.872,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70269,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.36147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B0CB

secondary

#D0998D

accent

#6246E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B0CB

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

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