#36A8C8#36A8C8

#36A8C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.109 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8C8
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 16%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -21.02, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 33.03, 230.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0826 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.109 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9449, 32.9566, 59.6263)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8C8 #C85636

analogous

#36C89F #36A8C8 #365FC8

triadic

#36A8C8 #C836A8 #A8C836

tetradic

#36A8C8 #9F36C8 #C85636 #5FC836

square

#36A8C8 #9F36C8 #C85636 #5FC836

split-complementary

#36A8C8 #C8365F #C89F36

monochromatic

#1C5768 #298098 #36A8C8 #66BDD6 #96D2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#36A8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#36A8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8C8

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8C8	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.109 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2d8',
    500: '#36a8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8c8;
$custom-light: #81c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.151,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6822,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8C8

secondary

#CE9A8C

accent

#6947E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8C8

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

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