#36A3BB#36A3BB

#36A3BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.102 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3BB
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, -22.61, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 31.04, 223.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0828 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.102 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5844, 30.5638, 51.6605)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3BB #BB4E36

analogous

#36BB91 #36A3BB #3661BB

triadic

#36A3BB #BB36A3 #A3BB36

tetradic

#36A3BB #9136BB #BB4E36 #61BB36

square

#36A3BB #9136BB #BB4E36 #61BB36

split-complementary

#36A3BB #BB3661 #BB9136

monochromatic

#1B505C #287A8C #36A3BB #5EBCD0 #8DD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#36A3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#36A3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3BB

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3BB	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8090BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.102 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbecf',
    500: '#36a3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3bb;
$custom-light: #7fbecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.827,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66463,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3BB

secondary

#C99184

accent

#6449DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3BB

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

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