#36A1BF#36A1BF

#36A1BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.104 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1BF
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, -20.28, -24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 31.58, 230.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% -0.0792 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.104 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6663, 30.0329, 53.8297)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1BF #BF5436

analogous

#36BF98 #36A1BF #365CBF

triadic

#36A1BF #BF36A1 #A1BF36

tetradic

#36A1BF #9836BF #BF5436 #5CBF36

square

#36A1BF #9836BF #BF5436 #5CBF36

split-complementary

#36A1BF #BF365C #BF9836

monochromatic

#1B5160 #29798F #36A1BF #60B9D2 #90CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#36A1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#36A1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1BF

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1BF	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.104 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdd2',
    500: '#36a1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1bf;
$custom-light: #80bdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.139,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66146,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1BF

secondary

#CA9587

accent

#6A49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1BF

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

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