#36A2C9#36A2C9

#36A2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.111 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2C9
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -17.53, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 33.67, 238.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0764 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.111 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9800, 30.8391, 59.8830)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2C9 #C95D36

analogous

#36C9A6 #36A2C9 #3659C9

triadic

#36A2C9 #C936A2 #A2C936

tetradic

#36A2C9 #A636C9 #C95D36 #59C936

square

#36A2C9 #A636C9 #C95D36 #59C936

split-complementary

#36A2C9 #C93659 #C9A636

monochromatic

#1C5469 #297B99 #36A2C9 #66B8D6 #96CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#36A2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#36A2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2C9

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2C9	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.111 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bdd9',
    500: '#36a2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2c9;
$custom-light: #81bdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66827,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2C9

secondary

#CE9E8C

accent

#7047E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2C9

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

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