#36A2B9#36A2B9

#36A2B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.101 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2B9
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 185)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -22.73, -20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 30.75, 222.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.0826 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.101 215)
XYZ	xyz(23.1949, 30.1250, 50.4818)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2B9 #B94D36

analogous

#36B98F #36A2B9 #3661B9

triadic

#36A2B9 #B936A2 #A2B936

tetradic

#36A2B9 #8F36B9 #B94D36 #61B936

square

#36A2B9 #8F36B9 #B94D36 #61B936

split-complementary

#36A2B9 #B93661 #B98F36

monochromatic

#1A4F5A #28798A #36A2B9 #5DBBD0 #8CCFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#36A2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#36A2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2B9

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2B9	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.101 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdce',
    500: '#36a2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2b9;
$custom-light: #7fbdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.534,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66136,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.30128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2B9

secondary

#C88F83

accent

#644ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2B9

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

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