#36A4C2#36A4C2

#36A4C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.106 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4C2
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 194)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -20.88, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 32.06, 229.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67% -0.081 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.106 220)
XYZ	xyz(24.5303, 31.2274, 55.7631)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4C2 #C25436

analogous

#36C29A #36A4C2 #365EC2

triadic

#36A4C2 #C236A4 #A4C236

tetradic

#36A4C2 #9A36C2 #C25436 #5EC236

square

#36A4C2 #9A36C2 #C25436 #5EC236

split-complementary

#36A4C2 #C2365E #C29A36

monochromatic

#1B5362 #297C92 #36A4C2 #62BBD3 #92D0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#36A4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#36A4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4C2

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4C2	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E92C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.106 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfd4',
    500: '#36a4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4c2;
$custom-light: #80bfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.3123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4C2

secondary

#CC9788

accent

#6948E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4C2

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

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