#36A5CF#36A5CF

#36A5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.115 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5CF
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -17.15, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 34.84, 240.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0771 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.115 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2343, 32.1964, 63.8513)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5CF #CF6036

analogous

#36CFAD #36A5CF #3658CF

triadic

#36A5CF #CF36A5 #A5CF36

tetradic

#36A5CF #AD36CF #CF6036 #58CF36

square

#36A5CF #AD36CF #CF6036 #58CF36

split-complementary

#36A5CF #CF3658 #CFAD36

monochromatic

#1B5970 #2780A1 #36A5CF #67BBDB #99D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#36A5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#36A5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5CF

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5CF	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.115 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdd',
    500: '#36a5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5cf;
$custom-light: #82bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67813,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5CF

secondary

#D2A18F

accent

#7043E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5CF

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

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