#36A5CA#36A5CA

#36A5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.111 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5CA
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -18.80, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 33.60, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0789 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.111 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6327, 31.9558, 60.6828)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5CA #CA5B36

analogous

#36CAA5 #36A5CA #365BCA

triadic

#36A5CA #CA36A5 #A5CA36

tetradic

#36A5CA #A536CA #CA5B36 #5BCA36

square

#36A5CA #A536CA #CA5B36 #5BCA36

split-complementary

#36A5CA #CA365B #CAA536

monochromatic

#1C566A #297E9A #36A5CA #66BBD7 #97D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#36A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#36A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5CA

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5CA	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.111 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfda',
    500: '#36a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5ca;
$custom-light: #81bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67589,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5CA

secondary

#CF9D8D

accent

#6D46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5CA

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

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