#36A0BC#36A0BC

#36A0BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.102 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0BC
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -20.73, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 31.08, 228.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0794 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.102 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1655, 29.5541, 52.0508)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0BC #BC5236

analogous

#36BC95 #36A0BC #365DBC

triadic

#36A0BC #BC36A0 #A0BC36

tetradic

#36A0BC #9536BC #BC5236 #5DBC36

square

#36A0BC #9536BC #BC5236 #5DBC36

split-complementary

#36A0BC #BC365D #BC9536

monochromatic

#1B4F5D #28788C #36A0BC #5EB9D1 #8ECEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#36A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#36A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0BC

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0BC	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.102 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbcd0',
    500: '#36a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0bc;
$custom-light: #7fbcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.537,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65776,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0BC

secondary

#C99385

accent

#6849DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0BC

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

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