#36b8ca

Color #36b8ca

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 14.32 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#36b8ca

RGB

rgb(54, 184, 202)

HSL

hsl(187.3, 58.3%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.3, 73.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(73.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(68.99, -28.49, -19.16)

LCH

lch(68.99, 34.33, 213.92)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.1112, 208.64)

HWB

hwb(187.3, 21.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca4836

Analogous

#36ca92

#36b8ca

#366eca

Triadic

#36b8ca

#ca36b8

#b8ca36

Split-complementary

#36b8ca

#ca366e

#ca9236

Tetradic

#36b8ca

#4836ca

#ca4836

#b8ca36

Square

#36b8ca

#9236ca

#ca4836

#6eca36

Shades

Color #36b8ca mixed toward black.

#2c9aa9

#247b87

#1b5c65

#123d44

#091f22

Tints

Color #36b8ca mixed toward white.

#57c4d3

#79d0dc

#9adce5

#bce7ed

#ddf3f6

Tones

Color #36b8ca mixed toward gray.

#42afbe

#4fa5b1

#5b9ca5

#679399

#74898c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8384c6 · ΔE 29.1

Deuteranopia

#7c72c5 · ΔE 33.1

Tritanopia

#45c2c2 · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #36b8ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#36b8ca]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#36b8ca (#36b8ca) is rgb(54, 184, 202) in RGB.

No, #36b8ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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