#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
RGBrgb(54, 168, 204)
HSLhsl(194, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(194, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(73.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(64.28, -19.72, -27.47)
CIE-LCHlch(64.28, 33.81, 234.32°)
OKLaboklab(68.39% -0.0811 -0.0769)
OKLCHoklch(68.39% 0.112 223.5)
XYZxyz(26.4185, 33.1461, 62.1205)
Luminance0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##36A8CC1.002.757.637.63
#FFFFFF2.751.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6321.001.001.00
##0000007.6321.001.001.00

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

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#36A8CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva