#36A1C5#36A1C5

#36A1C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.108 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1C5
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 197)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -18.32, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 32.80, 236.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0769 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.108 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3401, 30.3024, 57.3786)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1C5 #C55A36

analogous

#36C5A2 #36A1C5 #365AC5

triadic

#36A1C5 #C536A1 #A1C536

tetradic

#36A1C5 #A236C5 #C55A36 #5AC536

square

#36A1C5 #A236C5 #C55A36 #5AC536

split-complementary

#36A1C5 #C5365A #C5A236

monochromatic

#1C5265 #297A95 #36A1C5 #64B8D4 #94CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#36A1C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#36A1C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1C5

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1C5	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.108 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdd6',
    500: '#36a1c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1c5;
$custom-light: #80bdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.105,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66409,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1C5

secondary

#CD9B8A

accent

#6E48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1C5

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

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