#36A6C0#36A6C0

#36A6C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.105 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6C0
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 192)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -22.56, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 31.79, 224.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0838 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.105 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6680, 31.8596, 54.7084)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6C0 #C05036

analogous

#36C095 #36A6C0 #3661C0

triadic

#36A6C0 #C036A6 #A6C036

tetradic

#36A6C0 #9536C0 #C05036 #61C036

square

#36A6C0 #9536C0 #C05036 #61C036

split-complementary

#36A6C0 #C03661 #C09536

monochromatic

#1B5360 #297D90 #36A6C0 #61BDD2 #90D1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#36A6C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#36A6C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6C0

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6C0	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.105 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d3',
    500: '#36a6c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6c0;
$custom-light: #80c0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67399,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6C0

secondary

#CB9487

accent

#6548DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6C0

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

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