#36A3CF#36A3CF

#36A3CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.116 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A3CF
RGB	rgb(54, 163, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -16.07, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 35.14, 242.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0752 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.116 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8764, 31.4806, 63.7320)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A3CF #CF6236

analogous

#36CFAE #36A3CF #3656CF

triadic

#36A3CF #CF36A3 #A3CF36

tetradic

#36A3CF #AE36CF #CF6236 #56CF36

square

#36A3CF #AE36CF #CF6236 #56CF36

split-complementary

#36A3CF #CF3656 #CFAE36

monochromatic

#1B5770 #277EA1 #36A3CF #67BADB #99D0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#36A3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#36A3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A3CF

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A3CF	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7892CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 163, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.116 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bedd',
    500: '#36a3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a3cf;
$custom-light: #82bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.255,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67339,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A3CF

secondary

#D2A28F

accent

#7243E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A3CF

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

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