#36A2BC#36A2BC

#36A2BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.102 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2BC
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, -21.77, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 31.12, 225.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0814 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.102 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5150, 30.2531, 52.1673)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2BC #BC5036

analogous

#36BC93 #36A2BC #365FBC

triadic

#36A2BC #BC36A2 #A2BC36

tetradic

#36A2BC #9336BC #BC5036 #5FBC36

square

#36A2BC #9336BC #BC5036 #5FBC36

split-complementary

#36A2BC #BC365F #BC9336

monochromatic

#1B505D #28798C #36A2BC #5EBBD1 #8ECFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#36A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#36A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2BC

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2BC	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.102 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdd0',
    500: '#36a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2bc;
$custom-light: #7fbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.642,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66261,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2BC

secondary

#C99285

accent

#6649DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2BC

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

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