#36A4BA#36A4BA

#36A4BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.101 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4BA
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 186)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 11.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -23.44, -20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 31.01, 220.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0842 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.101 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6560, 30.8776, 51.1581)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4BA #BA4C36

analogous

#36BA8E #36A4BA #3662BA

triadic

#36A4BA #BA36A4 #A4BA36

tetradic

#36A4BA #8E36BA #BA4C36 #62BA36

square

#36A4BA #8E36BA #BA4C36 #62BA36

split-complementary

#36A4BA #BA3662 #BA8E36

monochromatic

#1A505B #287A8B #36A4BA #5DBDD0 #8DD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#36A4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#36A4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4BA

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4BA	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.101 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfce',
    500: '#36a4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4ba;
$custom-light: #7fbfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66665,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4BA

secondary

#C88F84

accent

#6249DE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4BA

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

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