#36A1BC#36A1BC

#36A1BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.102 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1BC
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -21.25, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 31.09, 226.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0804 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.102 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3395, 29.9022, 52.1088)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1BC #BC5136

analogous

#36BC94 #36A1BC #365EBC

triadic

#36A1BC #BC36A1 #A1BC36

tetradic

#36A1BC #9436BC #BC5136 #5EBC36

square

#36A1BC #9436BC #BC5136 #5EBC36

split-complementary

#36A1BC #BC365E #BC9436

monochromatic

#1B505D #28788C #36A1BC #5EBAD1 #8ECEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#36A1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#36A1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1BC

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1BC	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.102 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdd0',
    500: '#36a1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1bc;
$custom-light: #7fbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.09,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66018,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1BC

secondary

#C99385

accent

#6749DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1BC

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

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