#36A2C5#36A2C5

#36A2C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.108 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2C5
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 197)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -18.85, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 32.72, 234.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0779 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.108 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5156, 30.6533, 57.4371)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2C5 #C55936

analogous

#36C5A1 #36A2C5 #365BC5

triadic

#36A2C5 #C536A2 #A2C536

tetradic

#36A2C5 #A136C5 #C55936 #5BC536

square

#36A2C5 #A136C5 #C55936 #5BC536

split-complementary

#36A2C5 #C5365B #C5A136

monochromatic

#1C5365 #297B95 #36A2C5 #64B9D4 #94CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#36A2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#36A2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2C5

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2C5	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B90C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.108 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdd6',
    500: '#36a2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2c5;
$custom-light: #80bdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.685,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66649,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2C5

secondary

#CD9A8A

accent

#6D48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2C5

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

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