#36A2CA#36A2CA

#36A2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.112 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2CA
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -17.20, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 33.92, 239.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.076 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.112 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0980, 30.8863, 60.5046)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2CA #CA5E36

analogous

#36CAA8 #36A2CA #3658CA

triadic

#36A2CA #CA36A2 #A2CA36

tetradic

#36A2CA #A836CA #CA5E36 #58CA36

square

#36A2CA #A836CA #CA5E36 #58CA36

split-complementary

#36A2CA #CA3658 #CAA836

monochromatic

#1C556A #297B9A #36A2CA #66B8D7 #97CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#36A2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#36A2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2CA

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2CA	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.112 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bdda',
    500: '#36a2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2ca;
$custom-light: #81bdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66872,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2CA

secondary

#CF9F8D

accent

#7046E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2CA

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

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