#36A8CC#36A8CC

#36A8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.112 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36A8CC
RGB	rgb(54, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -19.72, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 33.81, 234.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0811 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.112 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4185, 33.1461, 62.1205)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36A8CC #CC5A36

analogous

#36CCA5 #36A8CC #365DCC

triadic

#36A8CC #CC36A8 #A8CC36

tetradic

#36A8CC #A536CC #CC5A36 #5DCC36

square

#36A8CC #A536CC #CC5A36 #5DCC36

split-complementary

#36A8CC #CC365D #CCA536

monochromatic

#1B596C #28819D #36A8CC #67BDD8 #98D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#36A8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#36A8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36A8CC

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36A8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36A8CC	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.112 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2db',
    500: '#36a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36a8cc;
$custom-light: #82c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68394,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36A8CC

secondary

#D09E8E

accent

#6B45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #36A8CC

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

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