#36A2C0#36A2C0

#36A2C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.105 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2C0
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 192)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -20.48, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 31.74, 229.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0798 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.105 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9521, 30.4279, 54.4698)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2C0 #C05436

analogous

#36C099 #36A2C0 #365DC0

triadic

#36A2C0 #C036A2 #A2C036

tetradic

#36A2C0 #9936C0 #C05436 #5DC036

square

#36A2C0 #9936C0 #C05436 #5DC036

split-complementary

#36A2C0 #C0365D #C09936

monochromatic

#1B5160 #297A90 #36A2C0 #61BAD2 #90CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#36A2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#36A2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2C0

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2C0	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D90C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.105 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdd3',
    500: '#36a2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2c0;
$custom-light: #80bdd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66431,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2C0

secondary

#CB9687

accent

#6948DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2C0

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

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