#36A5C2#36A5C2

#36A5C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.106 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5C2
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 194)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -21.40, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 32.06, 228.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.082 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.106 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7100, 31.5867, 55.8230)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5C2 #C25336

analogous

#36C299 #36A5C2 #365FC2

triadic

#36A5C2 #C236A5 #A5C236

tetradic

#36A5C2 #9936C2 #C25336 #5FC236

square

#36A5C2 #9936C2 #C25336 #5FC236

split-complementary

#36A5C2 #C2365F #C29936

monochromatic

#1B5462 #297C92 #36A5C2 #62BCD3 #92D0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#36A5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#36A5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5C2

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5C2	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8092C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.106 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d4',
    500: '#36a5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5c2;
$custom-light: #80c0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67241,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5C2

secondary

#CC9688

accent

#6748E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5C2

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

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