#36A4BE#36A4BE

#36A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.103 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4BE
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, -22.17, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 31.46, 225.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0826 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.103 217)
XYZ	xyz(24.0871, 31.0501, 53.4290)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4BE #BE5036

analogous

#36BE94 #36A4BE #3660BE

triadic

#36A4BE #BE36A4 #A4BE36

tetradic

#36A4BE #9436BE #BE5036 #60BE36

square

#36A4BE #9436BE #BE5036 #60BE36

split-complementary

#36A4BE #BE3660 #BE9436

monochromatic

#1B525F #287B8E #36A4BE #60BCD2 #8FD0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#36A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#36A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4BE

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4BE	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.103 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfd1',
    500: '#36a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4be;
$custom-light: #80bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.471,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66831,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.31053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4BE

secondary

#CA9386

accent

#6549DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4BE

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

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