#36A1C8#36A1C8

#36A1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.111 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1C8
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 19.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -17.33, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 33.53, 238.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0758 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.111 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6873, 30.4413, 59.2070)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1C8 #C85D36

analogous

#36C8A6 #36A1C8 #3658C8

triadic

#36A1C8 #C836A1 #A1C836

tetradic

#36A1C8 #A636C8 #C85D36 #58C836

square

#36A1C8 #A636C8 #C85D36 #58C836

split-complementary

#36A1C8 #C83658 #C8A636

monochromatic

#1C5368 #297A98 #36A1C8 #66B8D6 #96CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#36A1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#36A1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1C8

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1C8	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.111 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bdd8',
    500: '#36a1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1c8;
$custom-light: #81bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66543,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1C8

secondary

#CE9E8C

accent

#7047E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1C8

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

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