#36A0C8#36A0C8

#36A0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.111 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0C8
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, -16.80, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 33.66, 240.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% -0.0748 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.111 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5132, 30.0932, 59.1490)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0C8 #C85E36

analogous

#36C8A7 #36A0C8 #3657C8

triadic

#36A0C8 #C836A0 #A0C836

tetradic

#36A0C8 #A736C8 #C85E36 #57C836

square

#36A0C8 #A736C8 #C85E36 #57C836

split-complementary

#36A0C8 #C83657 #C8A736

monochromatic

#1C5368 #297998 #36A0C8 #66B7D6 #96CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#36A0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#36A0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0C8

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0C8	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.111 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcd8',
    500: '#36a0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0c8;
$custom-light: #81bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66304,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0C8

secondary

#CE9E8C

accent

#7147E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0C8

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

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