#36A1BD#36A1BD

#36A1BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.103 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1BD
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -20.93, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 31.25, 227.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.08 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.103 219)
XYZ	xyz(23.4477, 29.9454, 52.6785)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1BD #BD5236

analogous

#36BD95 #36A1BD #365EBD

triadic

#36A1BD #BD36A1 #A1BD36

tetradic

#36A1BD #9536BD #BD5236 #5EBD36

square

#36A1BD #9536BD #BD5236 #5EBD36

split-complementary

#36A1BD #BD365E #BD9536

monochromatic

#1B505E #28788D #36A1BD #5FBAD1 #8FCEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#36A1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#36A1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1BD

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1BD	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.103 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdd1',
    500: '#36a1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1bd;
$custom-light: #7fbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66061,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.29948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1BD

secondary

#C99385

accent

#6849DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1BD

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

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