#36A6CA#36A6CA

#36A6CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.111 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6CA
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -19.33, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 33.52, 234.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0799 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.111 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8138, 32.3179, 60.7432)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6CA #CA5A36

analogous

#36CAA4 #36A6CA #365CCA

triadic

#36A6CA #CA36A6 #A6CA36

tetradic

#36A6CA #A436CA #CA5A36 #5CCA36

square

#36A6CA #A436CA #CA5A36 #5CCA36

split-complementary

#36A6CA #CA365C #CAA436

monochromatic

#1C576A #297F9A #36A6CA #66BBD7 #97D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#36A6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#36A6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6CA

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6CA	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.111 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0da',
    500: '#36a6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6ca;
$custom-light: #81c0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67828,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6CA

secondary

#CF9D8D

accent

#6C46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6CA

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

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