#36A5BF#36A5BF

#36A5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.104 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5BF
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -22.36, -22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 31.62, 225.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0832 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.104 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3765, 31.4533, 54.0665)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5BF #BF5036

analogous

#36BF94 #36A5BF #3660BF

triadic

#36A5BF #BF36A5 #A5BF36

tetradic

#36A5BF #9436BF #BF5036 #60BF36

square

#36A5BF #9436BF #BF5036 #60BF36

split-complementary

#36A5BF #BF3660 #BF9436

monochromatic

#1B5360 #297C8F #36A5BF #60BCD2 #90D0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#36A5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#36A5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5BF

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5BF	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.104 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d2',
    500: '#36a5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5bf;
$custom-light: #80c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.387,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67115,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5BF

secondary

#CA9387

accent

#6549DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5BF

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

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