#36A0C0#36A0C0

#36A0C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.105 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0C0
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 192)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -19.43, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 31.80, 232.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% -0.0778 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.105 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6026, 29.7289, 54.3533)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0C0 #C05636

analogous

#36C09B #36A0C0 #365BC0

triadic

#36A0C0 #C036A0 #A0C036

tetradic

#36A0C0 #9B36C0 #C05636 #5BC036

square

#36A0C0 #9B36C0 #C05636 #5BC036

split-complementary

#36A0C0 #C0365B #C09B36

monochromatic

#1B5060 #297890 #36A0C0 #61B8D2 #90CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#36A0C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#36A0C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0C0

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0C0	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.105 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bcd3',
    500: '#36a0c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0c0;
$custom-light: #80bcd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65948,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0C0

secondary

#CB9787

accent

#6B48DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0C0

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

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