#36A3BA#36A3BA

#36A3BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.101 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3BA
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 186)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, -22.92, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 30.93, 222.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0832 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.101 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4777, 30.5211, 51.0987)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3BA #BA4D36

analogous

#36BA8F #36A3BA #3661BA

triadic

#36A3BA #BA36A3 #A3BA36

tetradic

#36A3BA #8F36BA #BA4D36 #61BA36

square

#36A3BA #8F36BA #BA4D36 #61BA36

split-complementary

#36A3BA #BA3661 #BA8F36

monochromatic

#1A505B #28798B #36A3BA #5DBCD0 #8DD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#36A3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#36A3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3BA

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3BA	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8090BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.101 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbece',
    500: '#36a3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3ba;
$custom-light: #7fbece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66421,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3BA

secondary

#C89084

accent

#6349DE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3BA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →