#36A4BD#36A4BD

#36A4BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.103 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4BD
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -22.48, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 31.33, 224.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.083 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.103 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9782, 31.0065, 52.8554)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4BD #BD4F36

analogous

#36BD92 #36A4BD #3660BD

triadic

#36A4BD #BD36A4 #A4BD36

tetradic

#36A4BD #9236BD #BD4F36 #60BD36

square

#36A4BD #9236BD #BD4F36 #60BD36

split-complementary

#36A4BD #BD3660 #BD9236

monochromatic

#1B515E #287B8D #36A4BD #5FBCD1 #8FD0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#36A4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#36A4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4BD

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4BD	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.103 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfd1',
    500: '#36a4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4bd;
$custom-light: #80bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66789,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4BD

secondary

#C99285

accent

#6549DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4BD

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

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