#36A2BB#36A2BB

#36A2BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.102 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2BB
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, -22.09, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 30.99, 224.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0818 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.102 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4075, 30.2101, 51.6016)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2BB #BB4F36

analogous

#36BB91 #36A2BB #3660BB

triadic

#36A2BB #BB36A2 #A2BB36

tetradic

#36A2BB #9136BB #BB4F36 #60BB36

square

#36A2BB #9136BB #BB4F36 #60BB36

split-complementary

#36A2BB #BB3660 #BB9136

monochromatic

#1B505C #28798C #36A2BB #5EBBD0 #8DCFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#36A2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#36A2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2BB

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2BB	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.102 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdcf',
    500: '#36a2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2bb;
$custom-light: #7fbdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.278,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66219,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2BB

secondary

#C99184

accent

#6549DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2BB

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

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