#36A1BA#36A1BA

#36A1BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.101 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1BA
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 186)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 13.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -21.89, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 30.82, 224.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0812 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.101 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1254, 29.8165, 50.9812)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1BA #BA4F36

analogous

#36BA91 #36A1BA #365FBA

triadic

#36A1BA #BA36A1 #A1BA36

tetradic

#36A1BA #9136BA #BA4F36 #5FBA36

square

#36A1BA #9136BA #BA4F36 #5FBA36

split-complementary

#36A1BA #BA365F #BA9136

monochromatic

#1A4F5B #28788B #36A1BA #5DBAD0 #8DCEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#36A1BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#36A1BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1BA

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1BA	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.101 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdce',
    500: '#36a1ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1ba;
$custom-light: #7fbdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65934,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1BA

secondary

#C89184

accent

#6649DE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1BA

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

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