#36A3BD#36A3BD

#36A3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.103 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3BD
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -21.97, -22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 31.29, 225.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.082 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.103 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8000, 30.6500, 52.7960)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3BD #BD5036

analogous

#36BD94 #36A3BD #365FBD

triadic

#36A3BD #BD36A3 #A3BD36

tetradic

#36A3BD #9436BD #BD5036 #5FBD36

square

#36A3BD #9436BD #BD5036 #5FBD36

split-complementary

#36A3BD #BD365F #BD9436

monochromatic

#1B515E #287A8D #36A3BD #5FBBD1 #8FCFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#36A3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#36A3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3BD

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3BD	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.103 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbed1',
    500: '#36a3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3bd;
$custom-light: #7fbed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66546,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3BD

secondary

#C99285

accent

#6649DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3BD

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

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