#36A1CA#36A1CA

#36A1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.112 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1CA
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -16.67, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 34.05, 240.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.075 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.112 228)
XYZ	xyz(24.9225, 30.5354, 60.4461)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1CA #CA5F36

analogous

#36CAA9 #36A1CA #3657CA

triadic

#36A1CA #CA36A1 #A1CA36

tetradic

#36A1CA #A936CA #CA5F36 #57CA36

square

#36A1CA #A936CA #CA5F36 #57CA36

split-complementary

#36A1CA #CA3657 #CAA936

monochromatic

#1C546A #297B9A #36A1CA #66B8D7 #97CEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#36A1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#36A1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1CA

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1CA	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.112 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcda',
    500: '#36a1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1ca;
$custom-light: #81bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.622,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66634,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.30538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1CA

secondary

#CF9F8D

accent

#7146E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1CA

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

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