#36A2BE#36A2BE

#36A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.103 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2BE
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, -21.13, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 31.41, 227.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0806 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.103 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7320, 30.3399, 53.3106)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2BE #BE5236

analogous

#36BE96 #36A2BE #365EBE

triadic

#36A2BE #BE36A2 #A2BE36

tetradic

#36A2BE #9636BE #BE5236 #5EBE36

square

#36A2BE #9636BE #BE5236 #5EBE36

split-complementary

#36A2BE #BE365E #BE9636

monochromatic

#1B515F #28798E #36A2BE #60BAD2 #8FCFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#36A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#36A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2BE

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2BE	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.103 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdd1',
    500: '#36a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2be;
$custom-light: #7fbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66346,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2BE

secondary

#CA9486

accent

#6849DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2BE

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

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