#36839E#36839E

#36839E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.085 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36839E
RGB	rgb(54, 131, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, -14.90, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 26.08, 235.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% -0.0608 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.085 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8067, 19.4838, 35.2688)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36839E #9E5136

analogous

#369E85 #36839E #364F9E

triadic

#36839E #9E3683 #839E36

tetradic

#36839E #85369E #9E5136 #4F9E36

square

#36839E #85369E #9E5136 #4F9E36

split-complementary

#36839E #9E364F #9E8536

monochromatic

#173743 #265D70 #36839E #4FA5C3 #7CBCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#36839E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#36839E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36839E

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36839E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36839E	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74809F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65759E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36839e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 131, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.085 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a7ba',
    500: '#36839e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36839e;
$custom-light: #79a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36839e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.577,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57362,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36839E

secondary

#BB8774

accent

#734FD9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #36839E

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

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