#36A4CC#36A4CC

#36A4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.113 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4CC
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -17.61, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 34.19, 239.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0772 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.113 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6914, 31.6918, 61.8781)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4CC #CC5E36

analogous

#36CCA9 #36A4CC #3659CC

triadic

#36A4CC #CC36A4 #A4CC36

tetradic

#36A4CC #A936CC #CC5E36 #59CC36

square

#36A4CC #A936CC #CC5E36 #59CC36

split-complementary

#36A4CC #CC3659 #CCA936

monochromatic

#1B576C #287E9D #36A4CC #67BAD8 #98D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#36A4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#36A4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4CC

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4CC	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.113 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdb',
    500: '#36a4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4cc;
$custom-light: #82bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67439,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4CC

secondary

#D09F8E

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4CC

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

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