#36A3CE#36A3CE

#36A3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.115 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3CE
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -16.41, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 34.86, 241.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0755 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.115 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7546, 31.4319, 63.0902)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3CE #CE6136

analogous

#36CEAD #36A3CE #3657CE

triadic

#36A3CE #CE36A3 #A3CE36

tetradic

#36A3CE #AD36CE #CE6136 #57CE36

square

#36A3CE #AD36CE #CE6136 #57CE36

split-complementary

#36A3CE #CE3657 #CEAD36

monochromatic

#1B576F #277EA0 #36A3CE #67BADA #98D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#36A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#36A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3CE

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3CE	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7892CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.115 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bedd',
    500: '#36a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3ce;
$custom-light: #82bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.974,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67293,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3CE

secondary

#D2A18E

accent

#7144E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3CE

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

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