#36B1CB#36B1CB

#36B1CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B1CB
RGB	rgb(54, 177, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -24.68, -22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 33.63, 222.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0903 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.111 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0184, 36.5370, 62.0640)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B1CB #CB5036

analogous

#36CB9B #36B1CB #3666CB

triadic

#36B1CB #CB36B1 #B1CB36

tetradic

#36B1CB #9B36CB #CB5036 #66CB36

square

#36B1CB #9B36CB #CB5036 #66CB36

split-complementary

#36B1CB #CB3666 #CB9B36

monochromatic

#1C5D6B #28879C #36B1CB #67C4D8 #97D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#36B1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#36B1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B1CB

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B1CB	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 177, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8da',
    500: '#36b1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b1cb;
$custom-light: #82c8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.47,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7051,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B1CB

secondary

#D0998D

accent

#6146E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B1CB

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

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