#36A6BE#36A6BE

#36A6BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.103 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6BE
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -23.20, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 31.56, 222.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0846 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.104 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4479, 31.7716, 53.5493)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6BE #BE4E36

analogous

#36BE92 #36A6BE #3662BE

triadic

#36A6BE #BE36A6 #A6BE36

tetradic

#36A6BE #9236BE #BE4E36 #62BE36

square

#36A6BE #9236BE #BE4E36 #62BE36

split-complementary

#36A6BE #BE3662 #BE9236

monochromatic

#1B535F #287C8E #36A6BE #60BED2 #8FD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#36A6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#36A6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6BE

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6BE	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)

#95A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.103 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d1',
    500: '#36a6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6be;
$custom-light: #80c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67316,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6BE

secondary

#CA9286

accent

#6349DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6BE

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

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