#36A6CF#36A6CF

#36A6CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.115 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A6CF
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -17.68, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 34.71, 239.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0781 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.115 227)
XYZ	xyz(26.4154, 32.5586, 63.9116)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A6CF #CF5F36

analogous

#36CFAB #36A6CF #3659CF

triadic

#36A6CF #CF36A6 #A6CF36

tetradic

#36A6CF #AB36CF #CF5F36 #59CF36

square

#36A6CF #AB36CF #CF5F36 #59CF36

split-complementary

#36A6CF #CF3659 #CFAB36

monochromatic

#1B5970 #2780A1 #36A6CF #67BCDB #99D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#36A6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#36A6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6CF

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A6CF	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B94CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.115 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0dd',
    500: '#36a6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a6cf;
$custom-light: #82c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68051,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.32562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A6CF

secondary

#D2A18F

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A6CF

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

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