#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
RGBrgb(54, 185, 203)
HSLhsl(187, 59%, 50%)
HSVhsv(187, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(73.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.32, -28.67, -19.21)
CIE-LCHlch(69.32, 34.51, 213.81°)
OKLaboklab(72.44% -0.0981 -0.0534)
OKLCHoklch(72.44% 0.112 208.6)
XYZxyz(29.6451, 39.7904, 62.6063)
Luminance0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##36B9CB1.002.348.968.96
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9621.001.001.00
##0000008.9621.001.001.00

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

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#36B9CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva