#36A5C8#36A5C8

#36A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.110 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5C8
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -19.45, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 33.16, 234.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0797 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.11 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3975, 31.8617, 59.4438)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5C8 #C85936

analogous

#36C8A2 #36A5C8 #365CC8

triadic

#36A5C8 #C836A5 #A5C836

tetradic

#36A5C8 #A236C8 #C85936 #5CC836

square

#36A5C8 #A236C8 #C85936 #5CC836

split-complementary

#36A5C8 #C8365C #C8A236

monochromatic

#1C5568 #297D98 #36A5C8 #66BBD6 #96D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#36A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#36A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5C8

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5C8	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.110 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd8',
    500: '#36a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5c8;
$custom-light: #81bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.384,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.675,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5C8

secondary

#CE9C8C

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5C8

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

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