#36A4C7#36A4C7

#36A4C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.109 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4C7
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 199)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -19.25, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 33.02, 234.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0791 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.109 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1013, 31.4558, 58.7704)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4C7 #C75936

analogous

#36C7A2 #36A4C7 #365BC7

triadic

#36A4C7 #C736A4 #A4C736

tetradic

#36A4C7 #A236C7 #C75936 #5BC736

square

#36A4C7 #A236C7 #C75936 #5BC736

split-complementary

#36A4C7 #C7365B #C7A236

monochromatic

#1C5567 #297C97 #36A4C7 #65BAD5 #95D0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#36A4C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#36A4C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4C7

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4C7	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.109 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd8',
    500: '#36a4c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4c7;
$custom-light: #81bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67217,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4C7

secondary

#CE9B8B

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4C7

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

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