#36A3CC#36A3CC

#36A3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.113 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3CC
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -17.07, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 34.31, 240.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0762 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.113 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5132, 31.3353, 61.8187)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3CC #CC5F36

analogous

#36CCAA #36A3CC #3658CC

triadic

#36A3CC #CC36A3 #A3CC36

tetradic

#36A3CC #AA36CC #CC5F36 #58CC36

square

#36A3CC #AA36CC #CC5F36 #58CC36

split-complementary

#36A3CC #CC3658 #CCAA36

monochromatic

#1B566C #287D9D #36A3CC #67B9D8 #98D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#36A3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#36A3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3CC

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3CC	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.113 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bedb',
    500: '#36a3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3cc;
$custom-light: #81bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67201,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3CC

secondary

#D0A08E

accent

#7045E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3CC

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

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