#36A4CE#36A4CE

#36A4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.114 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4CE
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -16.94, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 34.71, 240.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0765 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.114 228)
XYZ	xyz(25.9328, 31.7884, 63.1496)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4CE #CE6036

analogous

#36CEAC #36A4CE #3658CE

triadic

#36A4CE #CE36A4 #A4CE36

tetradic

#36A4CE #AC36CE #CE6036 #58CE36

square

#36A4CE #AC36CE #CE6036 #58CE36

split-complementary

#36A4CE #CE3658 #CEAC36

monochromatic

#1B586F #277EA0 #36A4CE #67BADA #98D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#36A4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#36A4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4CE

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4CE	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.114 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdd',
    500: '#36a4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4ce;
$custom-light: #82bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6753,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.31791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4CE

secondary

#D2A18E

accent

#7044E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4CE

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

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