#36A8CA#36A8CA

#36A8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.110 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8CA
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -20.38, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 33.41, 232.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0819 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.11 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1802, 33.0507, 60.8653)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8CA #CA5836

analogous

#36CAA2 #36A8CA #365ECA

triadic

#36A8CA #CA36A8 #A8CA36

tetradic

#36A8CA #A236CA #CA5836 #5ECA36

square

#36A8CA #A236CA #CA5836 #5ECA36

split-complementary

#36A8CA #CA365E #CAA236

monochromatic

#1C586A #29809A #36A8CA #66BDD7 #97D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#36A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#36A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8CA

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8CA	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.110 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2da',
    500: '#36a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8ca;
$custom-light: #82c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.784,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68307,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8CA

secondary

#CF9C8D

accent

#6A46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8CA

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

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