#36B7CB#36B7CB

#36B7CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.111 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B7CB
RGB	rgb(54, 183, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -27.69, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 34.22, 216.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0962 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.111 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2296, 38.9596, 62.4678)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B7CB #CB4A36

analogous

#36CB95 #36B7CB #366CCB

triadic

#36B7CB #CB36B7 #B7CB36

tetradic

#36B7CB #9536CB #CB4A36 #6CCB36

square

#36B7CB #9536CB #CB4A36 #6CCB36

split-complementary

#36B7CB #CB366C #CB9536

monochromatic

#1C606B #288C9C #36B7CB #67C8D8 #97DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#36B7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#36B7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B7CB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B7CB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 183, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.111 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdda',
    500: '#36b7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b7cb;
$custom-light: #83cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.054,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71956,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B7CB

secondary

#D0968D

accent

#5B46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B7CB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →