#36B6CB#36B6CB

#36B6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B6CB
RGB	rgb(54, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -27.19, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 34.09, 217.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0952 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.111 211)
XYZ	xyz(29.0241, 38.5485, 62.3993)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B6CB #CB4B36

analogous

#36CB95 #36B6CB #366CCB

triadic

#36B6CB #CB36B6 #B6CB36

tetradic

#36B6CB #9536CB #CB4B36 #6CCB36

square

#36B6CB #9536CB #CB4B36 #6CCB36

split-complementary

#36B6CB #CB366C #CB9536

monochromatic

#1C606B #288B9C #36B6CB #67C8D8 #97D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#36B6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#36B6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B6CB

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B6CB	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccda',
    500: '#36b6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b6cb;
$custom-light: #83ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.456,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71714,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.38552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B6CB

secondary

#D0978D

accent

#5C46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B6CB

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

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