#36A4CD#36A4CD

#36A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.114 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4CD
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -17.28, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 34.45, 239.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0769 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.114 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8117, 31.7399, 62.5118)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4CD #CD5F36

analogous

#36CDAA #36A4CD #3659CD

triadic

#36A4CD #CD36A4 #A4CD36

tetradic

#36A4CD #AA36CD #CD5F36 #59CD36

square

#36A4CD #AA36CD #CD5F36 #59CD36

split-complementary

#36A4CD #CD3659 #CDAA36

monochromatic

#1B576D #277E9E #36A4CD #67BAD9 #98D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#36A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#36A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4CD

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4CD	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.114 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdc',
    500: '#36a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4cd;
$custom-light: #82bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67485,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4CD

secondary

#D1A08E

accent

#7044E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4CD

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

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