#36B3CB#36B3CB

#36B3CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3CB
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -25.69, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 33.78, 220.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0923 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.111 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4163, 37.3329, 62.1967)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3CB #CB4E36

analogous

#36CB98 #36B3CB #3669CB

triadic

#36B3CB #CB36B3 #B3CB36

tetradic

#36B3CB #9836CB #CB4E36 #69CB36

square

#36B3CB #9836CB #CB4E36 #69CB36

split-complementary

#36B3CB #CB3669 #CB9836

monochromatic

#1C5E6B #28899C #36B3CB #67C5D8 #97D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#36B3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#36B3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3CB

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3CB	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cada',
    500: '#36b3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3cb;
$custom-light: #83cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.664,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70991,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3CB

secondary

#D0988D

accent

#5F46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3CB

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

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