#36A4CF#36A4CF

#36A4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.115 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A4CF
RGB	rgb(54, 164, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -16.61, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 34.98, 241.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0761 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.115 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0547, 31.8371, 63.7914)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A4CF #CF6136

analogous

#36CFAE #36A4CF #3657CF

triadic

#36A4CF #CF36A4 #A4CF36

tetradic

#36A4CF #AE36CF #CF6136 #57CF36

square

#36A4CF #AE36CF #CF6136 #57CF36

split-complementary

#36A4CF #CF3657 #CFAE36

monochromatic

#1B5870 #277FA1 #36A4CF #67BADB #99D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#36A4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#36A4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A4CF

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A4CF	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 164, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.115 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdd',
    500: '#36a4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a4cf;
$custom-light: #82bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.863,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67576,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A4CF

secondary

#D2A28F

accent

#7143E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A4CF

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

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