#36A6CE#36A6CE

#36A6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.114 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36A6CE
RGBrgb(54, 166, 206)
HSLhsl(196, 61%, 51%)
HSVhsv(196, 74%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(73.8%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(63.76, -18.01, -29.37)
CIE-LCHlch(63.76, 34.46, 238.49°)
OKLaboklab(68.01% -0.0784 -0.0824)
OKLCHoklch(68.01% 0.114 226.4)
XYZxyz(26.2936, 32.5098, 63.2698)
Luminance0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36A6CE #CE5E36
analogous
#36CEAA #36A6CE #365ACE
triadic
#36A6CE #CE36A6 #A6CE36
tetradic
#36A6CE #AA36CE #CE5E36 #5ACE36
square
#36A6CE #AA36CE #CE5E36 #5ACE36
split-complementary
#36A6CE #CE365A #CEAA36
monochromatic
#1B596F #2780A0 #36A6CE #67BCDA #98D2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80
#36A6CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50
#36A6CE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6CE
7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36A6CE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36A6CE1.002.807.507.50
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5021.001.001.00
##0000007.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#90A3D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C94CE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36a6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.114 226.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0dd',
    500: '#36a6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36a6ce;
$custom-light: #82c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36a6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68006,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36A6CE
secondary
#D2A08E
accent
#6E44E4
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

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#36A6CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva