#36A0BA#36A0BA

#36A0BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.101 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0BA
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -21.37, -22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 30.78, 226.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0801 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.101 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9514, 29.4684, 50.9232)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0BA #BA5036

analogous

#36BA92 #36A0BA #365EBA

triadic

#36A0BA #BA36A0 #A0BA36

tetradic

#36A0BA #9236BA #BA5036 #5EBA36

square

#36A0BA #9236BA #BA5036 #5EBA36

split-complementary

#36A0BA #BA365E #BA9236

monochromatic

#1A4E5B #28778B #36A0BA #5DB9D0 #8DCEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#36A0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#36A0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0BA

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0BA	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.101 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbcce',
    500: '#36a0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0ba;
$custom-light: #7fbcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65691,
    "c": 0.1012,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0BA

secondary

#C89184

accent

#6749DE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0BA

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

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