#36A5CD#36A5CD

#36A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.113 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5CD
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -17.81, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 34.32, 238.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0778 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.113 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9914, 32.0993, 62.5717)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5CD #CD5E36

analogous

#36CDA9 #36A5CD #3659CD

triadic

#36A5CD #CD36A5 #A5CD36

tetradic

#36A5CD #A936CD #CD5E36 #59CD36

square

#36A5CD #A936CD #CD5E36 #59CD36

split-complementary

#36A5CD #CD3659 #CDA936

monochromatic

#1B586D #277F9E #36A5CD #67BBD9 #98D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#36A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#36A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5CD

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5CD	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.113 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdc',
    500: '#36a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5cd;
$custom-light: #82bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.894,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67723,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5CD

secondary

#D1A08E

accent

#6F44E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5CD

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

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