#36A2C4#36A2C4

#36A2C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.107 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2C4
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 196)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, -19.18, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 32.51, 233.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0783 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.107 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4014, 30.6076, 56.8357)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2C4 #C45836

analogous

#36C49F #36A2C4 #365BC4

triadic

#36A2C4 #C436A2 #A2C436

tetradic

#36A2C4 #9F36C4 #C45836 #5BC436

square

#36A2C4 #9F36C4 #C45836 #5BC436

split-complementary

#36A2C4 #C4365B #C49F36

monochromatic

#1C5364 #297A94 #36A2C4 #63B9D4 #93CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#36A2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#36A2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2C4

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2C4	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B90C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.107 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdd6',
    500: '#36a2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2c4;
$custom-light: #80bdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66605,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2C4

secondary

#CC9989

accent

#6C48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2C4

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

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