#36A5C9#36A5C9

#36A5C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.110 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5C9
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 201)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -19.13, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 33.38, 235.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0793 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.11 224)
XYZ	xyz(25.5147, 31.9086, 60.0613)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5C9 #C95A36

analogous

#36C9A4 #36A5C9 #365BC9

triadic

#36A5C9 #C936A5 #A5C936

tetradic

#36A5C9 #A436C9 #C95A36 #5BC936

square

#36A5C9 #A436C9 #C95A36 #5BC936

split-complementary

#36A5C9 #C9365B #C9A436

monochromatic

#1C5669 #297D99 #36A5C9 #66BBD6 #96D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#36A5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#36A5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5C9

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5C9	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.110 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfd9',
    500: '#36a5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5c9;
$custom-light: #81bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67544,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.31912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5C9

secondary

#CE9D8C

accent

#6D47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5C9

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

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