#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
RGB	rgb(54, 166, 209)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -17.02, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 35.23, 241.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0773 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.116 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6615, 32.6570, 65.2075)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##36A6D1	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #36A6D1

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

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