#36A4BF#36A4BF

#36A4BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.104 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4BF
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -21.85, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 31.59, 226.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0822 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.104 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1968, 31.0940, 54.0066)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4BF #BF5136

analogous

#36BF95 #36A4BF #365FBF

triadic

#36A4BF #BF36A4 #A4BF36

tetradic

#36A4BF #9536BF #BF5136 #5FBF36

square

#36A4BF #9536BF #BF5136 #5FBF36

split-complementary

#36A4BF #BF365F #BF9536

monochromatic

#1B5260 #297B8F #36A4BF #60BCD2 #90D0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#36A4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#36A4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4BF

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4BF	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.104 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfd2',
    500: '#36a4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4bf;
$custom-light: #80bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.825,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66873,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4BF

secondary

#CA9487

accent

#6649DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4BF

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

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