#36A6C5#36A6C5

#36A6C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.107 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6C5
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 197)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -20.95, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 32.55, 229.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0818 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.107 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2314, 32.0850, 57.6757)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6C5 #C55536

analogous

#36C59D #36A6C5 #365FC5

triadic

#36A6C5 #C536A6 #A6C536

tetradic

#36A6C5 #9D36C5 #C55536 #5FC536

square

#36A6C5 #9D36C5 #C55536 #5FC536

split-complementary

#36A6C5 #C5365F #C59D36

monochromatic

#1C5565 #297E95 #36A6C5 #64BCD4 #94D1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#36A6C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#36A6C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6C5

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6C5	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8093C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.107 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0d6',
    500: '#36a6c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6c5;
$custom-light: #81c0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.007,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67611,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6C5

secondary

#CD998A

accent

#6948E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6C5

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

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