#36A1BE#36A1BE

#36A1BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.104 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1BE
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -20.60, -23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 31.41, 229.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0796 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.104 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5566, 29.9890, 53.2522)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1BE #BE5336

analogous

#36BE97 #36A1BE #365DBE

triadic

#36A1BE #BE36A1 #A1BE36

tetradic

#36A1BE #9736BE #BE5336 #5DBE36

square

#36A1BE #9736BE #BE5336 #5DBE36

split-complementary

#36A1BE #BE365D #BE9736

monochromatic

#1B505F #28798E #36A1BE #60B9D2 #8FCEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#36A1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#36A1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1BE

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1BE	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.104 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdd1',
    500: '#36a1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1be;
$custom-light: #7fbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.794,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66103,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1BE

secondary

#CA9486

accent

#6949DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1BE

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

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