#36A0BF#36A0BF

#36A0BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.104 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0BF
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -19.76, -24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 31.61, 231.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0782 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.104 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4922, 29.6848, 53.7717)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0BF #BF5536

analogous

#36BF99 #36A0BF #365BBF

triadic

#36A0BF #BF36A0 #A0BF36

tetradic

#36A0BF #9936BF #BF5536 #5BBF36

square

#36A0BF #9936BF #BF5536 #5BBF36

split-complementary

#36A0BF #BF365B #BF9936

monochromatic

#1B5060 #29788F #36A0BF #60B8D2 #90CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#36A0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#36A0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0BF

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0BF	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.104 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbcd2',
    500: '#36a0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0bf;
$custom-light: #7fbcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65904,
    "c": 0.10423,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0BF

secondary

#CA9687

accent

#6B49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0BF

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

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