#36A6CC#36A6CC

#36A6CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.112 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6CC
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -18.67, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 33.97, 236.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0792 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.112 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0521, 32.4133, 61.9984)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6CC #CC5C36

analogous

#36CCA7 #36A6CC #365BCC

triadic

#36A6CC #CC36A6 #A6CC36

tetradic

#36A6CC #A736CC #CC5C36 #5BCC36

square

#36A6CC #A736CC #CC5C36 #5BCC36

split-complementary

#36A6CC #CC365B #CCA736

monochromatic

#1B586C #287F9D #36A6CC #67BCD8 #98D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#36A6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#36A6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6CC

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6CC	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.112 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0db',
    500: '#36a6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6cc;
$custom-light: #82c0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67916,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6CC

secondary

#D09E8E

accent

#6D45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6CC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →