#36799E#36799E

#36799E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.089 H 235.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36799E
RGB	rgb(54, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, -9.24, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 27.75, 250.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% -0.0499 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.089 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5279, 16.9261, 34.8426)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36799E #9E5B36

analogous

#369E8F #36799E #36459E

triadic

#36799E #9E3679 #799E36

tetradic

#36799E #8F369E #9E5B36 #459E36

square

#36799E #8F369E #9E5B36 #459E36

split-complementary

#36799E #9E3645 #9E8F36

monochromatic

#173343 #265670 #36799E #4F99C3 #7CB4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#36799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#36799E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36799E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36799E	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6778A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.089 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#789fba',
    500: '#36799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36799e;
$custom-light: #789fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.346,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54906,
    "c": 0.08878,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36799E

secondary

#BB8E74

accent

#804FD9

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #36799E

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

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