#36A6C8#36A6C8

#36A6C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.109 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6C8
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 17%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -19.98, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 33.11, 232.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0807 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.109 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5786, 32.2238, 59.5041)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6C8 #C85836

analogous

#36C8A1 #36A6C8 #365DC8

triadic

#36A6C8 #C836A6 #A6C836

tetradic

#36A6C8 #A136C8 #C85836 #5DC836

square

#36A6C8 #A136C8 #C85836 #5DC836

split-complementary

#36A6C8 #C8365D #C8A136

monochromatic

#1C5668 #297E98 #36A6C8 #66BCD6 #96D1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#36A6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#36A6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6C8

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6C8	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.109 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0d8',
    500: '#36a6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6c8;
$custom-light: #81c0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.973,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6774,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6C8

secondary

#CE9B8C

accent

#6B47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6C8

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

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