#36A5BD#36A5BD

#36A5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.103 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5BD
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -23.00, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 31.38, 222.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.084 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.103 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1579, 31.3659, 52.9153)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5BD #BD4E36

analogous

#36BD92 #36A5BD #3661BD

triadic

#36A5BD #BD36A5 #A5BD36

tetradic

#36A5BD #9236BD #BD4E36 #61BD36

square

#36A5BD #9236BD #BD4E36 #61BD36

split-complementary

#36A5BD #BD3661 #BD9236

monochromatic

#1B525E #287B8D #36A5BD #5FBDD1 #8FD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#36A5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#36A5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5BD

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5BD	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.103 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d1',
    500: '#36a5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5bd;
$custom-light: #80c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67032,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5BD

secondary

#C99185

accent

#6449DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5BD

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