#36A4C5#36A4C5

#36A4C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.108 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4C5
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 197)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -19.91, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 32.61, 232.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0798 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.108 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8707, 31.3635, 57.5555)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4C5 #C55736

analogous

#36C59F #36A4C5 #365DC5

triadic

#36A4C5 #C536A4 #A4C536

tetradic

#36A4C5 #9F36C5 #C55736 #5DC536

square

#36A4C5 #9F36C5 #C55736 #5DC536

split-complementary

#36A4C5 #C5365D #C59F36

monochromatic

#1C5465 #297C95 #36A4C5 #64BAD4 #94D0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#36A4C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#36A4C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4C5

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4C5	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D92C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.108 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd6',
    500: '#36a4c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4c5;
$custom-light: #81bfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67129,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4C5

secondary

#CD998A

accent

#6B48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4C5

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

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