#36A2CF#36A2CF

#36A2CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.116 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2CF
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, -15.54, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 35.31, 243.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0742 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.116 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6996, 31.1269, 63.6730)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2CF #CF6336

analogous

#36CFAF #36A2CF #3655CF

triadic

#36A2CF #CF36A2 #A2CF36

tetradic

#36A2CF #AF36CF #CF6336 #55CF36

square

#36A2CF #AF36CF #CF6336 #55CF36

split-complementary

#36A2CF #CF3655 #CFAF36

monochromatic

#1B5770 #277DA1 #36A2CF #67B9DB #99D0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#36A2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#36A2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2CF

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2CF	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7691CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.116 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bddd',
    500: '#36a2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2cf;
$custom-light: #82bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67102,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2CF

secondary

#D2A28F

accent

#7343E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2CF

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

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