#36A2BD#36A2BD

#36A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.103 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2BD
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -21.45, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 31.26, 226.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% -0.081 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.103 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6231, 30.2963, 52.7370)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2BD #BD5136

analogous

#36BD95 #36A2BD #365EBD

triadic

#36A2BD #BD36A2 #A2BD36

tetradic

#36A2BD #9536BD #BD5136 #5EBD36

square

#36A2BD #9536BD #BD5136 #5EBD36

split-complementary

#36A2BD #BD365E #BD9536

monochromatic

#1B505E #28798D #36A2BD #5FBAD1 #8FCFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#36A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#36A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2BD

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2BD	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.103 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdd1',
    500: '#36a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2bd;
$custom-light: #7fbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66303,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2BD

secondary

#C99385

accent

#6749DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2BD

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

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