#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
RGBrgb(54, 176, 203)
HSLhsl(191, 59%, 50%)
HSVhsv(191, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(73.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.63, -24.18, -23.30)
CIE-LCHlch(66.63, 33.58, 223.95°)
OKLaboklab(70.27% -0.0893 -0.065)
OKLCHoklch(70.27% 0.11 216)
XYZxyz(27.8216, 36.1434, 61.9984)
Luminance0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##36B0CB1.002.558.238.23
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2321.001.001.00
##0000008.2321.001.001.00

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

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#36B0CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva