#36A3C8#36A3C8

#36A3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.110 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3C8
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -18.40, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 33.32, 236.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0777 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.11 225)
XYZ	xyz(25.0396, 31.1459, 59.3245)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3C8 #C85B36

analogous

#36C8A4 #36A3C8 #365AC8

triadic

#36A3C8 #C836A3 #A3C836

tetradic

#36A3C8 #A436C8 #C85B36 #5AC836

square

#36A3C8 #A436C8 #C85B36 #5AC836

split-complementary

#36A3C8 #C8365A #C8A436

monochromatic

#1C5468 #297C98 #36A3C8 #66B9D6 #96CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#36A3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#36A3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3C8

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3C8	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.110 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bed8',
    500: '#36a3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3c8;
$custom-light: #81bed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67021,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.31149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3C8

secondary

#CE9D8C

accent

#6E47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3C8

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

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