#36A0C4#36A0C4

#36A0C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.108 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0C4
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 196)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -18.12, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 32.66, 236.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% -0.0763 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.108 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0519, 29.9086, 56.7192)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0C4 #C45A36

analogous

#36C4A1 #36A0C4 #3659C4

triadic

#36A0C4 #C436A0 #A0C436

tetradic

#36A0C4 #A136C4 #C45A36 #59C436

square

#36A0C4 #A136C4 #C45A36 #59C436

split-complementary

#36A0C4 #C43659 #C4A136

monochromatic

#1C5264 #297994 #36A0C4 #63B7D4 #93CDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#36A0C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#36A0C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0C4

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0C4	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.108 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bcd6',
    500: '#36a0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0c4;
$custom-light: #80bcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.211,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66124,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0C4

secondary

#CC9A89

accent

#6E48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0C4

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

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