#36A7CD#36A7CD

#36A7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.113 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A7CD
RGB	rgb(54, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -18.87, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 34.11, 236.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0798 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.113 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3550, 32.8264, 62.6929)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A7CD #CD5C36

analogous

#36CDA7 #36A7CD #365CCD

triadic

#36A7CD #CD36A7 #A7CD36

tetradic

#36A7CD #A736CD #CD5C36 #5CCD36

square

#36A7CD #A736CD #CD5C36 #5CCD36

split-complementary

#36A7CD #CD365C #CDA736

monochromatic

#1B596D #27809E #36A7CD #67BCD9 #98D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#36A7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#36A7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A7CD

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A7CD	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.113 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c1dc',
    500: '#36a7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a7cd;
$custom-light: #82c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.099,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68199,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A7CD

secondary

#D19F8E

accent

#6C44E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A7CD

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

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