#36A3BE#36A3BE

#36A3BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.103 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3BE
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -21.65, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 31.43, 226.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0816 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.103 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9089, 30.6936, 53.3696)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3BE #BE5136

analogous

#36BE95 #36A3BE #365FBE

triadic

#36A3BE #BE36A3 #A3BE36

tetradic

#36A3BE #9536BE #BE5136 #5FBE36

square

#36A3BE #9536BE #BE5136 #5FBE36

split-complementary

#36A3BE #BE365F #BE9536

monochromatic

#1B515F #287A8E #36A3BE #60BBD2 #8FCFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#36A3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#36A3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3BE

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3BE	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F91BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.103 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bed1',
    500: '#36a3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3be;
$custom-light: #80bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.912,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66588,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3BE

secondary

#CA9386

accent

#6749DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3BE

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

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