#36A3C9#36A3C9

#36A3C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.111 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3C9
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 18.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -18.07, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 33.56, 237.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0774 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.111 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1568, 31.1928, 59.9420)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3C9 #C95C36

analogous

#36C9A5 #36A3C9 #365AC9

triadic

#36A3C9 #C936A3 #A3C936

tetradic

#36A3C9 #A536C9 #C95C36 #5AC936

square

#36A3C9 #A536C9 #C95C36 #5AC936

split-complementary

#36A3C9 #C9365A #C9A536

monochromatic

#1C5569 #297C99 #36A3C9 #66B9D6 #96CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#36A3C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#36A3C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3C9

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3C9	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.111 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bed9',
    500: '#36a3c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3c9;
$custom-light: #81bed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.51,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67066,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3C9

secondary

#CE9D8C

accent

#6F47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3C9

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

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