#36A4C9#36A4C9

#36A4C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.110 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36A4C9
RGBrgb(54, 164, 201)
HSLhsl(195, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(195, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(73.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(62.97, -18.60, -27.82)
CIE-LCHlch(62.97, 33.46, 236.23°)
OKLaboklab(67.31% -0.0783 -0.0779)
OKLCHoklch(67.31% 0.11 224.8)
XYZxyz(25.3351, 31.5493, 60.0014)
Luminance0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36A4C9 #C95B36
analogous
#36C9A4 #36A4C9 #365BC9
triadic
#36A4C9 #C936A4 #A4C936
tetradic
#36A4C9 #A436C9 #C95B36 #5BC936
square
#36A4C9 #A436C9 #C95B36 #5BC936
split-complementary
#36A4C9 #C9365B #C9A436
monochromatic
#1C5569 #297D99 #36A4C9 #66BAD6 #96D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87
#36A4C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31
#36A4C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4C9
7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36A4C9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36A4C91.002.877.317.31
#FFFFFF2.871.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3121.001.001.00
##0000007.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FA1CB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C92C9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AFB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36a4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.110 224.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd9',
    500: '#36a4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36a4c9;
$custom-light: #81bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36a4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67305,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36A4C9
secondary
#CE9D8C
accent
#6E47E1
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FA
border
#CBD0D3
text
#0C1214
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#36A4C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva