#36A4BB#36A4BB

#36A4BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.102 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4BB
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -23.12, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 31.11, 221.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0838 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.102 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7626, 30.9203, 51.7199)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4BB #BB4D36

analogous

#36BB90 #36A4BB #3661BB

triadic

#36A4BB #BB36A4 #A4BB36

tetradic

#36A4BB #9036BB #BB4D36 #61BB36

square

#36A4BB #9036BB #BB4D36 #61BB36

split-complementary

#36A4BB #BB3661 #BB9036

monochromatic

#1B515C #287A8C #36A4BB #5EBDD0 #8DD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#36A4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#36A4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4BB

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4BB	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#949FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.102 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfcf',
    500: '#36a4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4bb;
$custom-light: #7fbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.376,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66706,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4BB

secondary

#C99084

accent

#6349DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4BB

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

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