#36A4BC#36A4BC

#36A4BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.102 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4BC
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -22.80, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 31.21, 223.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.0834 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.102 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8701, 30.9633, 52.2857)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4BC #BC4E36

analogous

#36BC91 #36A4BC #3661BC

triadic

#36A4BC #BC36A4 #A4BC36

tetradic

#36A4BC #9136BC #BC4E36 #61BC36

square

#36A4BC #9136BC #BC4E36 #61BC36

split-complementary

#36A4BC #BC3661 #BC9136

monochromatic

#1B515D #287B8C #36A4BC #5EBCD1 #8ED0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#36A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#36A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4BC

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4BC	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.102 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfd0',
    500: '#36a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4bc;
$custom-light: #7fbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.746,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66747,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4BC

secondary

#C99185

accent

#6449DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4BC

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

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