#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
RGBrgb(54, 168, 202)
HSLhsl(194, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(194, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(73.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.20, -20.38, -26.47)
CIE-LCHlch(64.20, 33.41, 232.42°)
OKLaboklab(68.31% -0.0819 -0.074)
OKLCHoklch(68.31% 0.11 222.1)
XYZxyz(26.1802, 33.0507, 60.8653)
Luminance0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##36A8CA1.002.767.617.61
#FFFFFF2.761.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6121.001.001.00
##0000007.6121.001.001.00

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

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#36A8CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva