#36A0C5#36A0C5

#36A0C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.108 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0C5
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 197)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -17.79, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 32.90, 237.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0759 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.108 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1660, 29.9543, 57.3206)
Luminance	0.2996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0C5 #C55B36

analogous

#36C5A2 #36A0C5 #3659C5

triadic

#36A0C5 #C536A0 #A0C536

tetradic

#36A0C5 #A236C5 #C55B36 #59C536

square

#36A0C5 #A236C5 #C55B36 #59C536

split-complementary

#36A0C5 #C53659 #C5A236

monochromatic

#1C5265 #297995 #36A0C5 #64B7D4 #94CDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#36A0C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#36A0C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0C5

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0C5	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.108 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bcd6',
    500: '#36a0c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0c5;
$custom-light: #80bcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66169,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0C5

secondary

#CD9B8A

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0C5

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

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