#36A3BC#36A3BC

#36A3BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.102 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3BC
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, -22.29, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 31.16, 224.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0824 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.102 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6918, 30.6068, 52.2263)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3BC #BC4F36

analogous

#36BC92 #36A3BC #3660BC

triadic

#36A3BC #BC36A3 #A3BC36

tetradic

#36A3BC #9236BC #BC4F36 #60BC36

square

#36A3BC #9236BC #BC4F36 #60BC36

split-complementary

#36A3BC #BC3660 #BC9236

monochromatic

#1B515D #287A8C #36A3BC #5EBBD1 #8ECFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#36A3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#36A3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3BC

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3BC	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8090BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.102 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbed0',
    500: '#36a3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3bc;
$custom-light: #7fbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.194,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66504,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3BC

secondary

#C99185

accent

#6549DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3BC

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

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