#36A2B8#36A2B8

#36A2B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.100 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2B8
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 12%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, -23.04, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 30.65, 221.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.083 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.1 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0897, 30.0830, 49.9278)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2B8 #B84C36

analogous

#36B88D #36A2B8 #3661B8

triadic

#36A2B8 #B836A2 #A2B836

tetradic

#36A2B8 #8D36B8 #B84C36 #61B836

square

#36A2B8 #8D36B8 #B84C36 #61B836

split-complementary

#36A2B8 #B83661 #B88D36

monochromatic

#1A4F59 #287889 #36A2B8 #5CBCCF #8BCFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#36A2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#36A2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2B8

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2B8	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.100 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdcd',
    500: '#36a2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2b8;
$custom-light: #7fbdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.154,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66095,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2B8

secondary

#C78E82

accent

#634ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2B8

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

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