#36A6BD#36A6BD

#36A6BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.103 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6BD
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -23.51, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 31.45, 221.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.085 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.103 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3390, 31.7280, 52.9756)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6BD #BD4D36

analogous

#36BD90 #36A6BD #3663BD

triadic

#36A6BD #BD36A6 #A6BD36

tetradic

#36A6BD #9036BD #BD4D36 #63BD36

square

#36A6BD #9036BD #BD4D36 #63BD36

split-complementary

#36A6BD #BD3663 #BD9036

monochromatic

#1B525E #287C8D #36A6BD #5FBED1 #8FD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#36A6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#36A6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6BD

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6BD	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.103 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d1',
    500: '#36a6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6bd;
$custom-light: #80c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67275,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6BD

secondary

#C99185

accent

#6249DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6BD

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

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