#36A7BE#36A7BE

#36A7BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.104 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A7BE
RGB	rgb(54, 167, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -23.71, -20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 31.63, 221.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0856 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.104 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6304, 32.1365, 53.6101)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A7BE #BE4D36

analogous

#36BE91 #36A7BE #3663BE

triadic

#36A7BE #BE36A7 #A7BE36

tetradic

#36A7BE #9136BE #BE4D36 #63BE36

square

#36A7BE #9136BE #BE4D36 #63BE36

split-complementary

#36A7BE #BE3663 #BE9136

monochromatic

#1B535F #287D8E #36A7BE #60BED2 #8FD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#36A7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#36A7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A7BE

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A7BE	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8394BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 167, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.104 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c1d1',
    500: '#36a7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a7be;
$custom-light: #80c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.147,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67559,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A7BE

secondary

#CA9186

accent

#6249DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A7BE

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

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