#36A5CE#36A5CE

#36A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.114 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5CE
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -17.48, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 34.58, 239.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0775 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.114 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1125, 32.1477, 63.2095)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5CE #CE5F36

analogous

#36CEAB #36A5CE #3659CE

triadic

#36A5CE #CE36A5 #A5CE36

tetradic

#36A5CE #AB36CE #CE5F36 #59CE36

square

#36A5CE #AB36CE #CE5F36 #59CE36

split-complementary

#36A5CE #CE3659 #CEAB36

monochromatic

#1B586F #277FA0 #36A5CE #67BBDA #98D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#36A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#36A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5CE

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5CE	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.114 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdd',
    500: '#36a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5ce;
$custom-light: #82bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.184,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67768,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5CE

secondary

#D2A08E

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5CE

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

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