#36B9CB#36B9CB

#36B9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B9CB
RGB	rgb(54, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -28.67, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 34.51, 213.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0981 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.112 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6451, 39.7904, 62.6063)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B9CB #CB4836

analogous

#36CB92 #36B9CB #366FCB

triadic

#36B9CB #CB36B9 #B9CB36

tetradic

#36B9CB #9236CB #CB4836 #6FCB36

square

#36B9CB #9236CB #CB4836 #6FCB36

split-complementary

#36B9CB #CB366F #CB9236

monochromatic

#1C616B #288E9C #36B9CB #67CAD8 #97DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#36B9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#36B9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B9CB

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B9CB	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceda',
    500: '#36b9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b9cb;
$custom-light: #83ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.248,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72438,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B9CB

secondary

#D0958D

accent

#5946E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B9CB

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

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