#36A7C8#36A7C8

#36A7C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.109 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A7C8
RGB	rgb(54, 167, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 16.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -20.50, -25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 33.06, 231.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0817 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.109 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7610, 32.5888, 59.5650)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A7C8 #C85736

analogous

#36C8A0 #36A7C8 #365EC8

triadic

#36A7C8 #C836A7 #A7C836

tetradic

#36A7C8 #A036C8 #C85736 #5EC836

square

#36A7C8 #A036C8 #C85736 #5EC836

split-complementary

#36A7C8 #C8365E #C8A036

monochromatic

#1C5768 #297F98 #36A7C8 #66BCD6 #96D1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#36A7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#36A7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A7C8

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A7C8	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 167, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.109 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c1d8',
    500: '#36a7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a7c8;
$custom-light: #81c1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.562,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6798,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A7C8

secondary

#CE9B8C

accent

#6A47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A7C8

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

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