#36A6D1#36A6D1

#36A6D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.116 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36A6D1
RGBrgb(54, 166, 209)
HSLhsl(197, 63%, 52%)
HSVhsv(197, 74%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(63.88, -17.02, -30.85)
CIE-LCHlch(63.88, 35.23, 241.12°)
OKLaboklab(68.14% -0.0773 -0.0866)
OKLCHoklch(68.14% 0.116 228.2)
XYZxyz(26.6615, 32.6570, 65.2075)
Luminance0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36A6D1 #D16136
analogous
#36D1AF #36A6D1 #3659D1
triadic
#36A6D1 #D136A6 #A6D136
tetradic
#36A6D1 #AF36D1 #D16136 #59D136
square
#36A6D1 #AF36D1 #D16136 #59D136
split-complementary
#36A6D1 #D13659 #D1AF36
monochromatic
#1A5A72 #2681A4 #36A6D1 #68BCDC #9AD2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79
#36A6D1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53
#36A6D1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A6D1
7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36A6D1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36A6D11.002.797.537.53
#FFFFFF2.791.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5321.001.001.00
##0000007.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FA3D3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B94D0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36a6d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 166, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.116 228.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0df',
    500: '#36a6d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36a6d1;
$custom-light: #82c0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36a6d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.645,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68142,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36A6D1
secondary
#D3A28F
accent
#6F42E6
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#36A6D1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva