#36A0C9#36A0C9

#36A0C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.112 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0C9
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -16.46, -29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 33.92, 240.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0744 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.112 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6305, 30.1401, 59.7665)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0C9 #C95F36

analogous

#36C9A9 #36A0C9 #3656C9

triadic

#36A0C9 #C936A0 #A0C936

tetradic

#36A0C9 #A936C9 #C95F36 #56C936

square

#36A0C9 #A936C9 #C95F36 #56C936

split-complementary

#36A0C9 #C93656 #C9A936

monochromatic

#1C5369 #297A99 #36A0C9 #66B7D6 #96CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#36A0C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#36A0C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0C9

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0C9	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.112 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcd9',
    500: '#36a0c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0c9;
$custom-light: #81bcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.735,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6635,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0C9

secondary

#CE9F8C

accent

#7247E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0C9

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

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