#36A3C0#36A3C0

#36A3C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.105 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3C0
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 192)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -21.00, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 31.73, 228.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0808 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.105 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1290, 30.7816, 54.5287)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3C0 #C05336

analogous

#36C098 #36A3C0 #365EC0

triadic

#36A3C0 #C036A3 #A3C036

tetradic

#36A3C0 #9836C0 #C05336 #5EC036

square

#36A3C0 #9836C0 #C05336 #5EC036

split-complementary

#36A3C0 #C0365E #C09836

monochromatic

#1B5260 #297A90 #36A3C0 #61BBD2 #90CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#36A3C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#36A3C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3C0

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3C0	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E91C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.105 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bed3',
    500: '#36a3c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3c0;
$custom-light: #80bed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.609,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66673,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3C0

secondary

#CB9587

accent

#6848DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3C0

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

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