#36A3BF#36A3BF

#36A3BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.104 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3BF
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -21.33, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 31.57, 227.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0812 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.104 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0186, 30.7375, 53.9472)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3BF #BF5236

analogous

#36BF96 #36A3BF #365EBF

triadic

#36A3BF #BF36A3 #A3BF36

tetradic

#36A3BF #9636BF #BF5236 #5EBF36

square

#36A3BF #9636BF #BF5236 #5EBF36

split-complementary

#36A3BF #BF365E #BF9636

monochromatic

#1B5260 #297A8F #36A3BF #60BBD2 #90CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#36A3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#36A3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3BF

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3BF	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E91BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.104 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bed2',
    500: '#36a3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3bf;
$custom-light: #80bed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.263,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6663,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3BF

secondary

#CA9487

accent

#6749DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3BF

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

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