#36A3CD#36A3CD

#36A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.114 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3CD
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -16.74, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 34.58, 241.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0759 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.114 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6335, 31.3834, 62.4524)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3CD #CD6036

analogous

#36CDAB #36A3CD #3657CD

triadic

#36A3CD #CD36A3 #A3CD36

tetradic

#36A3CD #AB36CD #CD6036 #57CD36

square

#36A3CD #AB36CD #CD6036 #57CD36

split-complementary

#36A3CD #CD3657 #CDAB36

monochromatic

#1B576D #277D9E #36A3CD #67B9D9 #98D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#36A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#36A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3CD

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3CD	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.114 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bedc',
    500: '#36a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3cd;
$custom-light: #82bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.689,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67247,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3CD

secondary

#D1A18E

accent

#7144E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3CD

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

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