#36A4CA#36A4CA

#36A4CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4CA
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -18.27, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 33.70, 237.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.078 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.111 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4531, 31.5965, 60.6229)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4CA #CA5C36

analogous

#36CAA6 #36A4CA #365ACA

triadic

#36A4CA #CA36A4 #A4CA36

tetradic

#36A4CA #A636CA #CA5C36 #5ACA36

square

#36A4CA #A636CA #CA5C36 #5ACA36

split-complementary

#36A4CA #CA365A #CAA636

monochromatic

#1C566A #297D9A #36A4CA #66BAD7 #97D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#36A4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#36A4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4CA

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4CA	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfda',
    500: '#36a4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4ca;
$custom-light: #81bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6735,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4CA

secondary

#CF9E8D

accent

#6E46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4CA

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

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