#36A0CF#36A0CF

#36A0CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.117 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A0CF
RGB	rgb(54, 160, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -14.45, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 35.68, 246.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0723 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.117 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3501, 30.4279, 63.5565)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A0CF #CF6536

analogous

#36CFB1 #36A0CF #3653CF

triadic

#36A0CF #CF36A0 #A0CF36

tetradic

#36A0CF #B136CF #CF6536 #53CF36

square

#36A0CF #B136CF #CF6536 #53CF36

split-complementary

#36A0CF #CF3653 #CFB136

monochromatic

#1B5670 #277CA1 #36A0CF #67B7DB #99CFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#36A0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#36A0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A0CF

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A0CF	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 160, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.117 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcde',
    500: '#36a0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a0cf;
$custom-light: #82bcde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.431,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66628,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A0CF

secondary

#D2A38F

accent

#7543E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A0CF

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

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