#36A0BE#36A0BE

#36A0BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.104 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0BE
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -20.08, -24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 31.42, 230.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0786 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.104 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3825, 29.6409, 53.1941)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0BE #BE5436

analogous

#36BE98 #36A0BE #365CBE

triadic

#36A0BE #BE36A0 #A0BE36

tetradic

#36A0BE #9836BE #BE5436 #5CBE36

square

#36A0BE #9836BE #BE5436 #5CBE36

split-complementary

#36A0BE #BE365C #BE9836

monochromatic

#1B505F #28788E #36A0BE #60B8D2 #8FCEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#36A0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#36A0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0BE

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0BE	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.104 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbcd1',
    500: '#36a0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0be;
$custom-light: #7fbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.235,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65861,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0BE

secondary

#CA9586

accent

#6A49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0BE

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

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