#36A4C0#36A4C0

#36A4C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.105 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4C0
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 192)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -21.52, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 31.74, 227.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0818 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.105 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3072, 31.1381, 54.5881)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4C0 #C05236

analogous

#36C097 #36A4C0 #365FC0

triadic

#36A4C0 #C036A4 #A4C036

tetradic

#36A4C0 #9736C0 #C05236 #5FC036

square

#36A4C0 #9736C0 #C05236 #5FC036

split-complementary

#36A4C0 #C0365F #C09736

monochromatic

#1B5260 #297B90 #36A4C0 #61BBD2 #90D0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#36A4C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#36A4C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4C0

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4C0	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F91C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.105 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfd3',
    500: '#36a4c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4c0;
$custom-light: #80bfd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.174,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66915,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4C0

secondary

#CB9587

accent

#6748DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4C0

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

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