#36A5BC#36A5BC

#36A5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.102 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5BC
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -23.32, -20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 31.28, 221.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0844 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.102 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0497, 31.3226, 52.3456)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5BC #BC4D36

analogous

#36BC90 #36A5BC #3662BC

triadic

#36A5BC #BC36A5 #A5BC36

tetradic

#36A5BC #9036BC #BC4D36 #62BC36

square

#36A5BC #9036BC #BC4D36 #62BC36

split-complementary

#36A5BC #BC3662 #BC9036

monochromatic

#1B525D #287B8C #36A5BC #5EBDD1 #8ED1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#36A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#36A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5BC

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5BC	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.102 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0d0',
    500: '#36a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5bc;
$custom-light: #7fc0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.299,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66991,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5BC

secondary

#C99085

accent

#6349DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5BC

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

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