#36A2C8#36A2C8

#36A2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.110 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2C8
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -17.87, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 33.42, 237.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.0767 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.11 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8627, 30.7922, 59.2655)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2C8 #C85C36

analogous

#36C8A5 #36A2C8 #3659C8

triadic

#36A2C8 #C836A2 #A2C836

tetradic

#36A2C8 #A536C8 #C85C36 #59C836

square

#36A2C8 #A536C8 #C85C36 #59C836

split-complementary

#36A2C8 #C83659 #C8A536

monochromatic

#1C5468 #297B98 #36A2C8 #66B8D6 #96CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#36A2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#36A2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2C8

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2C8	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.110 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bdd8',
    500: '#36a2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2c8;
$custom-light: #81bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66782,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2C8

secondary

#CE9D8C

accent

#6F47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2C8

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

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