#36A5CC#36A5CC

#36A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.112 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5CC
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -18.14, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 34.07, 237.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0782 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.112 226)
XYZ	xyz(25.8711, 32.0511, 61.9380)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5CC #CC5D36

analogous

#36CCA8 #36A5CC #365ACC

triadic

#36A5CC #CC36A5 #A5CC36

tetradic

#36A5CC #A836CC #CC5D36 #5ACC36

square

#36A5CC #A836CC #CC5D36 #5ACC36

split-complementary

#36A5CC #CC365A #CCA836

monochromatic

#1B576C #287F9D #36A5CC #67BBD8 #98D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#36A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#36A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5CC

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5CC	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.112 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdb',
    500: '#36a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5cc;
$custom-light: #82bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67678,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.32054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5CC

secondary

#D09F8E

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5CC

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

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