#36A2D1#36A2D1

#36A2D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A2D1
RGB	rgb(54, 162, 209)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 22.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -14.86, -32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 35.91, 245.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0735 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.118 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9456, 31.2253, 64.9689)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A2D1 #D16536

analogous

#36D1B3 #36A2D1 #3655D1

triadic

#36A2D1 #D136A2 #A2D136

tetradic

#36A2D1 #B336D1 #D16536 #55D136

square

#36A2D1 #B336D1 #D16536 #55D136

split-complementary

#36A2D1 #D13655 #D1B336

monochromatic

#1A5872 #267EA4 #36A2D1 #68B9DC #9AD0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#36A2D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#36A2D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A2D1

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A2D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A2D1	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7591D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a2d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 162, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bddf',
    500: '#36a2d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a2d1;
$custom-light: #82bddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a2d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.194,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67195,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A2D1

secondary

#D3A48F

accent

#7442E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A2D1

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

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