#36A8BF#36A8BF

#36A8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.104 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8BF
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -23.90, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 31.80, 221.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0862 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.104 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9239, 32.5482, 54.2490)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8BF #BF4D36

analogous

#36BF91 #36A8BF #3663BF

triadic

#36A8BF #BF36A8 #A8BF36

tetradic

#36A8BF #9136BF #BF4D36 #63BF36

square

#36A8BF #9136BF #BF4D36 #63BF36

split-complementary

#36A8BF #BF3663 #BF9136

monochromatic

#1B5460 #297E8F #36A8BF #60BFD2 #90D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#36A8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#36A8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8BF

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8BF	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8495BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.104 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2d2',
    500: '#36a8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8bf;
$custom-light: #80c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.073,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67843,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8BF

secondary

#CA9287

accent

#6249DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8BF

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

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