#36A5BE#36A5BE

#36A5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.103 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5BE
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -22.68, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 31.50, 223.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0836 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.103 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2668, 31.4094, 53.4889)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5BE #BE4F36

analogous

#36BE93 #36A5BE #3661BE

triadic

#36A5BE #BE36A5 #A5BE36

tetradic

#36A5BE #9336BE #BE4F36 #61BE36

square

#36A5BE #9336BE #BE4F36 #61BE36

split-complementary

#36A5BE #BE3661 #BE9336

monochromatic

#1B525F #287C8E #36A5BE #60BDD2 #8FD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#36A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#36A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5BE

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5BE	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.103 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d1',
    500: '#36a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5be;
$custom-light: #80c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.029,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67073,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5BE

secondary

#CA9286

accent

#6449DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5BE

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

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