#36A0CA#36A0CA

#36A0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.112 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0CA
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -16.13, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 34.20, 241.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0741 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.112 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7485, 30.1873, 60.3881)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0CA #CA6036

analogous

#36CAAA #36A0CA #3656CA

triadic

#36A0CA #CA36A0 #A0CA36

tetradic

#36A0CA #AA36CA #CA6036 #56CA36

square

#36A0CA #AA36CA #CA6036 #56CA36

split-complementary

#36A0CA #CA3656 #CAAA36

monochromatic

#1C546A #297A9A #36A0CA #66B7D7 #97CEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#36A0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#36A0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0CA

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0CA	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.112 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcda',
    500: '#36a0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0ca;
$custom-light: #81bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.027,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66396,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0CA

secondary

#CFA08D

accent

#7246E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0CA

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

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