#36A5D0#36A5D0

#36A5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.116 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A5D0
RGB	rgb(54, 165, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 20.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -16.81, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 35.11, 241.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0767 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.116 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3570, 32.2455, 64.4972)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A5D0 #D06136

analogous

#36D0AE #36A5D0 #3658D0

triadic

#36A5D0 #D036A5 #A5D036

tetradic

#36A5D0 #AE36D0 #D06136 #58D036

square

#36A5D0 #AE36D0 #D06136 #58D036

split-complementary

#36A5D0 #D03658 #D0AE36

monochromatic

#1A5971 #2680A3 #36A5D0 #68BBDC #99D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#36A5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#36A5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A5D0

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A5D0	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 165, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.116 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfde',
    500: '#36a5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a5d0;
$custom-light: #82bfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.753,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67859,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A5D0

secondary

#D3A28F

accent

#7043E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A5D0

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

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