#36A5C0#36A5C0

#36A5C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.105 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5C0
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 192)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 14.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -22.04, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 31.76, 226.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0828 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.105 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4869, 31.4975, 54.6480)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5C0 #C05136

analogous

#36C096 #36A5C0 #3660C0

triadic

#36A5C0 #C036A5 #A5C036

tetradic

#36A5C0 #9636C0 #C05136 #60C036

square

#36A5C0 #9636C0 #C05136 #60C036

split-complementary

#36A5C0 #C03660 #C09636

monochromatic

#1B5360 #297C90 #36A5C0 #61BCD2 #90D0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#36A5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#36A5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5C0

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5C0	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8092C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.105 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d3',
    500: '#36a5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5c0;
$custom-light: #80c0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67157,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5C0

secondary

#CB9487

accent

#6648DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5C0

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

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