#36A3CA#36A3CA

#36A3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.112 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3CA
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -17.74, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 33.80, 238.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.077 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.112 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2748, 31.2400, 60.5635)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3CA #CA5D36

analogous

#36CAA7 #36A3CA #3659CA

triadic

#36A3CA #CA36A3 #A3CA36

tetradic

#36A3CA #A736CA #CA5D36 #59CA36

square

#36A3CA #A736CA #CA5D36 #59CA36

split-complementary

#36A3CA #CA3659 #CAA736

monochromatic

#1C556A #297C9A #36A3CA #66B9D7 #97CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#36A3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#36A3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3CA

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3CA	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.112 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81beda',
    500: '#36a3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3ca;
$custom-light: #81beda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67111,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3CA

secondary

#CF9E8D

accent

#6F46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3CA

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

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