#36A6C2#36A6C2

#36A6C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.106 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6C2
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 194)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -21.92, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 32.07, 226.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.083 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.106 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8911, 31.9488, 55.8834)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6C2 #C25236

analogous

#36C298 #36A6C2 #3660C2

triadic

#36A6C2 #C236A6 #A6C236

tetradic

#36A6C2 #9836C2 #C25236 #60C236

square

#36A6C2 #9836C2 #C25236 #60C236

split-complementary

#36A6C2 #C23660 #C29836

monochromatic

#1B5462 #297D92 #36A6C2 #62BDD3 #92D1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#36A6C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#36A6C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6C2

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6C2	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8193C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.106 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d4',
    500: '#36a6c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6c2;
$custom-light: #80c0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67483,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6C2

secondary

#CC9688

accent

#6648E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6C2

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

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