#36A1CF#36A1CF

#36A1CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.116 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A1CF
RGB	rgb(54, 161, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -15.00, -32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 35.49, 245.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0732 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.116 231)
XYZ	xyz(25.5241, 30.7760, 63.6145)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A1CF #CF6436

analogous

#36CFB0 #36A1CF #3654CF

triadic

#36A1CF #CF36A1 #A1CF36

tetradic

#36A1CF #B036CF #CF6436 #54CF36

square

#36A1CF #B036CF #CF6436 #54CF36

split-complementary

#36A1CF #CF3654 #CFB036

monochromatic

#1B5670 #277CA1 #36A1CF #67B8DB #99CFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#36A1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#36A1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A1CF

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A1CF	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7590CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 161, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.116 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcde',
    500: '#36a1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a1cf;
$custom-light: #82bcde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.039,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66865,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.30779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A1CF

secondary

#D2A38F

accent

#7443E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A1CF

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

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