#36A0BB#36A0BB

#36A0BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.102 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0BB
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -21.05, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 30.93, 227.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.0797 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.102 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0580, 29.5111, 51.4851)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0BB #BB5136

analogous

#36BB93 #36A0BB #365EBB

triadic

#36A0BB #BB36A0 #A0BB36

tetradic

#36A0BB #9336BB #BB5136 #5EBB36

square

#36A0BB #9336BB #BB5136 #5EBB36

split-complementary

#36A0BB #BB365E #BB9336

monochromatic

#1B4F5C #28778C #36A0BB #5EB9D0 #8DCEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#36A0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#36A0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0BB

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0BB	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.102 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbccf',
    500: '#36a0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0bb;
$custom-light: #7fbccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.18,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65733,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0BB

secondary

#C99284

accent

#6849DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0BB

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

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