#36A2CD#36A2CD

#36A2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.114 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2CD
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -16.21, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 34.73, 242.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% -0.0749 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.114 229)
XYZ	xyz(25.4566, 31.0297, 62.3935)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2CD #CD6136

analogous

#36CDAC #36A2CD #3656CD

triadic

#36A2CD #CD36A2 #A2CD36

tetradic

#36A2CD #AC36CD #CD6136 #56CD36

square

#36A2CD #AC36CD #CD6136 #56CD36

split-complementary

#36A2CD #CD3656 #CDAC36

monochromatic

#1B566D #277D9E #36A2CD #67B9D9 #98CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#36A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#36A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2CD

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2CD	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.114 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bddc',
    500: '#36a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2cd;
$custom-light: #82bddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.086,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67009,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.31033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2CD

secondary

#D1A18E

accent

#7244E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2CD

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

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