#36A2BF#36A2BF

#36A2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.104 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2BF
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -20.80, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 31.57, 228.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0802 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.104 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8417, 30.3838, 53.8882)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2BF #BF5336

analogous

#36BF97 #36A2BF #365DBF

triadic

#36A2BF #BF36A2 #A2BF36

tetradic

#36A2BF #9736BF #BF5336 #5DBF36

square

#36A2BF #9736BF #BF5336 #5DBF36

split-complementary

#36A2BF #BF365D #BF9736

monochromatic

#1B5160 #297A8F #36A2BF #60BAD2 #90CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#36A2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#36A2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2BF

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2BF	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D90BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.104 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdd2',
    500: '#36a2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2bf;
$custom-light: #80bdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.701,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66388,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2BF

secondary

#CA9587

accent

#6849DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2BF

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

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