#36A3C2#36A3C2

#36A3C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.106 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3C2
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 194)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 16%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -20.36, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 32.08, 230.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.08 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.106 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3521, 30.8709, 55.7037)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3C2 #C25536

analogous

#36C29B #36A3C2 #365DC2

triadic

#36A3C2 #C236A3 #A3C236

tetradic

#36A3C2 #9B36C2 #C25536 #5DC236

square

#36A3C2 #9B36C2 #C25536 #5DC236

split-complementary

#36A3C2 #C2365D #C29B36

monochromatic

#1B5362 #297B92 #36A3C2 #62BAD3 #92CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#36A3C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#36A3C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3C2

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3C2	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909FC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D91C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.106 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bed4',
    500: '#36a3c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3c2;
$custom-light: #80bed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66759,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3C2

secondary

#CC9788

accent

#6A48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3C2

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

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