#36A6BF#36A6BF

#36A6BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.104 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6BF
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -22.88, -21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 31.67, 223.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0842 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.104 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5575, 31.8154, 54.1268)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6BF #BF4F36

analogous

#36BF93 #36A6BF #3661BF

triadic

#36A6BF #BF36A6 #A6BF36

tetradic

#36A6BF #9336BF #BF4F36 #61BF36

square

#36A6BF #9336BF #BF4F36 #61BF36

split-complementary

#36A6BF #BF3661 #BF9336

monochromatic

#1B5360 #297D8F #36A6BF #60BDD2 #90D1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#36A6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#36A6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6BF

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6BF	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.104 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d2',
    500: '#36a6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6bf;
$custom-light: #80c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.949,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67357,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6BF

secondary

#CA9387

accent

#6449DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6BF

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

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