#36A1BB#36A1BB

#36A1BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.102 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1BB
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -21.57, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 30.95, 225.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0808 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.102 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2321, 29.8592, 51.5431)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1BB #BB5036

analogous

#36BB92 #36A1BB #365FBB

triadic

#36A1BB #BB36A1 #A1BB36

tetradic

#36A1BB #9236BB #BB5036 #5FBB36

square

#36A1BB #9236BB #BB5036 #5FBB36

split-complementary

#36A1BB #BB365F #BB9236

monochromatic

#1B4F5C #28788C #36A1BB #5EBAD0 #8DCEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#36A1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#36A1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1BB

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1BB	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.102 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdcf',
    500: '#36a1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1bb;
$custom-light: #7fbdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.729,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65976,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1BB

secondary

#C99284

accent

#6649DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1BB

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

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