#36B4CB#36B4CB

#36B4CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.111 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B4CB
RGB	rgb(54, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -26.19, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 33.87, 219.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0932 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.111 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6175, 37.7352, 62.2637)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B4CB #CB4D36

analogous

#36CB98 #36B4CB #3669CB

triadic

#36B4CB #CB36B4 #B4CB36

tetradic

#36B4CB #9836CB #CB4D36 #69CB36

square

#36B4CB #9836CB #CB4D36 #69CB36

split-complementary

#36B4CB #CB3669 #CB9836

monochromatic

#1C5F6B #288A9C #36B4CB #67C6D8 #97D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#36B4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#36B4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B4CB

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B4CB	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.111 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cada',
    500: '#36b4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b4cb;
$custom-light: #83cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.262,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71232,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B4CB

secondary

#D0978D

accent

#5E46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B4CB

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

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