#36A4C8#36A4C8

#36A4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.110 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4C8
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -18.93, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 33.24, 235.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0787 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.11 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2178, 31.5024, 59.3839)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4C8 #C85A36

analogous

#36C8A3 #36A4C8 #365BC8

triadic

#36A4C8 #C836A4 #A4C836

tetradic

#36A4C8 #A336C8 #C85A36 #5BC836

square

#36A4C8 #A336C8 #C85A36 #5BC836

split-complementary

#36A4C8 #C8365B #C8A336

monochromatic

#1C5568 #297C98 #36A4C8 #66BAD6 #96D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#36A4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#36A4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4C8

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4C8	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.110 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd8',
    500: '#36a4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4c8;
$custom-light: #81bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67261,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4C8

secondary

#CE9C8C

accent

#6D47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4C8

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

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