#36A2BA#36A2BA

#36A2BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.101 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2BA
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 186)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 12.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -22.41, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 30.87, 223.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0822 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.101 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3009, 30.1674, 51.0397)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2BA #BA4E36

analogous

#36BA90 #36A2BA #3660BA

triadic

#36A2BA #BA36A2 #A2BA36

tetradic

#36A2BA #9036BA #BA4E36 #60BA36

square

#36A2BA #9036BA #BA4E36 #60BA36

split-complementary

#36A2BA #BA3660 #BA9036

monochromatic

#1A4F5B #28798B #36A2BA #5DBBD0 #8DCFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#36A2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#36A2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2BA

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2BA	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)

#929DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.101 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdce',
    500: '#36a2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2ba;
$custom-light: #7fbdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66178,
    "c": 0.10125,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2BA

secondary

#C89084

accent

#6549DE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2BA

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

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